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Liquefaction assessment using microtremor measurement, conventional method and artificial neural network (Case study: Babol, Iran)

Sadegh REZAEI,Asskar Janalizadeh CHOOBBASTI

Frontiers of Structural and Civil Engineering 2014, Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 292-307 doi: 10.1007/s11709-014-0256-8

Abstract: Recent researchers have discovered microtremor applications for evaluating the liquefaction potential. Microtremor measurement is a fast, applicable and cost-effective method with extensive applications. In the present research the liquefaction potential has been reviewed by utilization of microtremor measurement results in Babol city. For this purpose microtremor measurements were performed at 60 measurement stations and the data were analyzed by suing Nakmaura’s method. By using the fundamental frequency and amplification factor, the value of vulnerability index ( ) was calculated and the liquefaction potential has been evaluated. To control the accuracy of this method, its output has been compared with the results of Seed and Idriss [ ] method in 30 excavated boreholes within the study area. Also, the results obtained by the artificial neural network (ANN) were compared with microtremor measurement. Regarding the results of these three methods, it was concluded that the threshold value of liquefaction potential is . On the basis of the analysis performed in this research it is concluded that microtremors have the capability of assessing the liquefaction potential with desirable accuracy.

Keywords： liquefaction microtremor vulnerability index artificial neural networks (ANN) microzonation