Strong ground motion and site effects

Strong ground motion and site effects

The Research Unit of SDGEE is a world leader in experimental and numerical studies of strong ground motion and site effects. Among its diversified activities, it operates since 1995, with the collaboration of several European institutes and ITSAK, a unique experimental site (EUROSEISTEST) dedicated to the in-depth study of site-effects and strong ground motion. In particular, we perform:

  • ID empirical site response characterization (HVSR, SSR, GIS methods)
  • ID, 2D and 3D numerical modeling of site response
  • 2D/1D aggravation factor

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Selected projects:
EUROSEISRISK • EUROSEISTEST • EUROSEISMOD • CASHIMA • SHARE • NERA

Selected publications:
• Chávez-García FJ, Raptakis D, Makra K, Pitilakis K, 2000. Site effects at Euroseistest—II. Results from 2D numerical modeling and comparison with observations. Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 19: 23–39.
• Pitilakis K, Riga E, Anastasiadis A, Makra K, 2015. New elastic spectra, site amplification factors and aggravation factors for complex subsurface geometry towards the improvement of EC8, Invited Lecture, 6th International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical En - gineering (6ICEGE) Christchurch, New Zealand, 1-4 November