Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania
This study is focused on the impact of the Eurocode 8 draft revision on the seismic zonation of Romania, one of the countries with the highest hazard levels in Europe. In this study, the design response spectra are evaluated for a number of sites in Romania for which both shear wave velocity profile...
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| description | This study is focused on the impact of the Eurocode 8 draft revision on the seismic zonation of Romania, one of the countries with the highest hazard levels in Europe. In this study, the design response spectra are evaluated for a number of sites in Romania for which both shear wave velocity profiles and ground motion recordings are available. The impact of the proposed changes on the structural design for structures situated in the southern part of Romania is also discussed. The results show considerable differences between the design response spectra computed according to the Eurocode 8 draft revision and the design response spectra from the current Romanian seismic code P100-1/2013. The differences are larger in the case of the sites situated in the southern part of Romania and those which have large design values for the control period T<sub>C</sub>. In Bucharest, for instance, it was found that the maximum design spectral accelerations would correspond to those from the 2006 version of the code while the maximum design spectral displacements would be significantly smaller than the levels produced by the 1981 or 1992 versions of the code. The results presented herein show that the differences in the seismic hazard and design ground motions are mainly due to the effects of local soil and site conditions and the associated site amplification proposed in the current Romanian seismic code and EC8 draft revision. Moreover, it has been shown that more analyses are needed to apply the seismic actions proposed in Eurocode 8 revision specifically for the sites in Romania under the influence of Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes so as to ensure an increased level of seismic safety for structures designed and built in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8ec54950d4a043cab15ba2452d5037692023-11-23T12:50:29ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-01-0112264910.3390/app12020649Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of RomaniaFlorin Pavel0Radu Vacareanu1Kyriazis Pitilakis2Seismic Risk Assessment Research Centre, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Bd. Lacul Tei, 122-124 Bucharest, RomaniaSeismic Risk Assessment Research Centre, Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest, Bd. Lacul Tei, 122-124 Bucharest, RomaniaLaboratory of Soil Mechanics, Foundations and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, P.O. Box 424, 54124 Thessaloniki, GreeceThis study is focused on the impact of the Eurocode 8 draft revision on the seismic zonation of Romania, one of the countries with the highest hazard levels in Europe. In this study, the design response spectra are evaluated for a number of sites in Romania for which both shear wave velocity profiles and ground motion recordings are available. The impact of the proposed changes on the structural design for structures situated in the southern part of Romania is also discussed. The results show considerable differences between the design response spectra computed according to the Eurocode 8 draft revision and the design response spectra from the current Romanian seismic code P100-1/2013. The differences are larger in the case of the sites situated in the southern part of Romania and those which have large design values for the control period T<sub>C</sub>. In Bucharest, for instance, it was found that the maximum design spectral accelerations would correspond to those from the 2006 version of the code while the maximum design spectral displacements would be significantly smaller than the levels produced by the 1981 or 1992 versions of the code. The results presented herein show that the differences in the seismic hazard and design ground motions are mainly due to the effects of local soil and site conditions and the associated site amplification proposed in the current Romanian seismic code and EC8 draft revision. Moreover, it has been shown that more analyses are needed to apply the seismic actions proposed in Eurocode 8 revision specifically for the sites in Romania under the influence of Vrancea intermediate-depth earthquakes so as to ensure an increased level of seismic safety for structures designed and built in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/649seismic hazardsite amplificationsoil conditionsground motion recordingsdesign codescontrol periods |
| spellingShingle | Florin Pavel Radu Vacareanu Kyriazis Pitilakis Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania Applied Sciences seismic hazard site amplification soil conditions ground motion recordings design codes control periods |
| title | Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania |
| title_full | Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania |
| title_fullStr | Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania |
| title_full_unstemmed | Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania |
| title_short | Preliminary Evaluation of the Impact of Eurocode 8 Draft Revision on the Seismic Zonation of Romania |
| title_sort | preliminary evaluation of the impact of eurocode 8 draft revision on the seismic zonation of romania |
| topic | seismic hazard site amplification soil conditions ground motion recordings design codes control periods |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/2/649 |
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