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Distributing disciplinarian of ground motion parameters on an earth fissure site during strong earthquakes

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To investigate the distributing disciplinarian of ground motion parameters on the earth fissure site during strong earthquakes, a series of shaking table tests were designed and conducted based on 1:15 scaled models. Test results showed significant differences in the ground motion parameters (including ground motion intensity indices, spectrum characteristics and strong motion duration) between the hanging-wall and footwall caused by the earth fissure. Acceleration response, displacement response and Arias Intensity response on both sides of earth fissure indicated that the earth fissure site on the hanging-wall was destroyed more seriously. The distributing disciplinarian of amplification factors showed clear “hanging-wall and footwall effects”, which were more remarkable nearby the fissure zones. The low-frequency component of the seismic wave was richer after selectively filtering in the soil medium. By comparing the predominant period and mean period of the hanging-wall and footwall, it was found that vibration frequency on the hanging-wall was greater than that on the footwall. Minimum values of strong motion duration were recorded on the hanging-wall close to the fissure and increased from the fissure to both sides.

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Acknowledgment

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51278395), the Science and Technology Project of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China (No. 2016-k5-044) and Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province (No. 2018JZ5008). The authors would like to sincerely thank the of Key Lab of Structure and Earthquake Resistance in Xi’an University of Architecture and Technology who conducted the shaking table test. Additionally, the special thanks go to the editor as well as the reviewers of this study, for their useful comments that improved the manuscript substantially.

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    Xiong Zhongming, Zhang Chao, Huo Xiaopeng & Chen Xuan

  2. College of Civil Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou, 014010, China

    Zhang Chao

  3. School of Natural & Built Environments, University of South Australia, Adelaide, 5108, Australia

    J. Jorge Ochoa

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Supported by: National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 51278395, the Science and Technology Project of Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China under Grant No. 2016-k5-044, and Key Project of Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant No. 2018JZ5008

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Zhongming, X., Chao, Z., Xiaopeng, H. et al. Distributing disciplinarian of ground motion parameters on an earth fissure site during strong earthquakes. Earthq. Eng. Eng. Vib. 19, 597–610 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11803-020-0583-9

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