Geotechnical characteristics of the Zabeli location, Gjilan
Session
Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Environment
Description
Many earthquakes that happened in the past taught us lessons, which are very essential when it comes to planning urban development and essential infrastructure as well as mitigating the effects of such calamities in future. The hazards associated with earthquakes are referred to as seismic hazards. The general goal of earthquake engineering is identification and mitigation of seismic hazards. Microzonation has generally been recognized as the most effective tool in seismic hazard assessment and risk evaluation and it is defined as the zonation with respect to ground motion characteristics taking into account source and site conditions. This exercise is similar to the macro level hazard evaluation but requires more rigorous input about the site specific geological conditions, geotechnical characteristics of site, ground responses of soil column to earthquake motions and their effects, ground conditions which would enhance the earthquake effects like the liquefaction of soil, the ground water conditions and the static and dynamic characteristics of foundations or of the stability of slopes in the hilly terrain. For the estimation of site effects (local soil and topographical effects) and induced effects (land instability and liquefaction) the knowledge on the bed rock where ground motion is being applied is required.
Keywords:
geomechanical, geotechnical, hazard, microzonation, earthquake
Session Chair
Izet Ibrahimi
Session Co-Chair
Bekim Selimi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-437-54-7
Location
Durres, Albania
Start Date
29-10-2017 9:00 AM
End Date
29-10-2017 10:30 AM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2017.67
Recommended Citation
Mustafa, Shemsi; Misini, Misin; and Elezaj, Zenun, "Geotechnical characteristics of the Zabeli location, Gjilan" (2017). UBT International Conference. 67.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2017/all-events/67
Geotechnical characteristics of the Zabeli location, Gjilan
Durres, Albania
Many earthquakes that happened in the past taught us lessons, which are very essential when it comes to planning urban development and essential infrastructure as well as mitigating the effects of such calamities in future. The hazards associated with earthquakes are referred to as seismic hazards. The general goal of earthquake engineering is identification and mitigation of seismic hazards. Microzonation has generally been recognized as the most effective tool in seismic hazard assessment and risk evaluation and it is defined as the zonation with respect to ground motion characteristics taking into account source and site conditions. This exercise is similar to the macro level hazard evaluation but requires more rigorous input about the site specific geological conditions, geotechnical characteristics of site, ground responses of soil column to earthquake motions and their effects, ground conditions which would enhance the earthquake effects like the liquefaction of soil, the ground water conditions and the static and dynamic characteristics of foundations or of the stability of slopes in the hilly terrain. For the estimation of site effects (local soil and topographical effects) and induced effects (land instability and liquefaction) the knowledge on the bed rock where ground motion is being applied is required.