Research Article

Design Earthquake Response Spectrum Affected by Shallow Soil Deposit

Table 1

Summary of the soil properties of 487 sites.

Site class VS,30SBSCSDSE
Number of sites930216115
MinMaxMeanMinMaxMeanMinMaxMeanMinMaxMean

Depth to bedrock (m)6.0310.17.065.391.628.712.284.146.128.054.040.6
VS,30 (m/s)765835793360754480238359339114179160
Site period (s)0.050.080.060.060.660.240.240.960.480.531.140.83