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Effective Shear Modulus Calculation

This document discusses the calculation of the dynamic or effective shear modulus, G, for a medium soil site (site class D). It provides the mapped spectral acceleration values for short and long periods from the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) map of India. It then applies site class modification factors to determine the maximum considered short-period spectral response acceleration parameter, SXS, and the design spectral response acceleration parameter at one second, SX1. Using tables from FEMA 356, it calculates the ratio of G to the initial shear modulus, Go. Plugging in values for unit weight, shear wave velocity, and Go, it determines the final value of G to be 45.12 MPa.

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Effective Shear Modulus Calculation

This document discusses the calculation of the dynamic or effective shear modulus, G, for a medium soil site (site class D). It provides the mapped spectral acceleration values for short and long periods from the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) map of India. It then applies site class modification factors to determine the maximum considered short-period spectral response acceleration parameter, SXS, and the design spectral response acceleration parameter at one second, SX1. Using tables from FEMA 356, it calculates the ratio of G to the initial shear modulus, Go. Plugging in values for unit weight, shear wave velocity, and Go, it determines the final value of G to be 45.12 MPa.

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DYNAMIC OR EFFECTIVE SHEAR MODULUS, G

For zone IV and site-class A, the value of mapped spectral accelerations for short periods (0.2
second), S S ' and the value of mapped spectral accelerations for long period (1 second), S1' are
obtained for 2500 years event (i.e., 2 % chances of expedience in 50 years) from PSHA map of
India as,
S S ' = 0.6 and S1' = 0.24

Therefore, for Site-class B


S S = 0.6 x 1.25 = 0.75

S1 = 0.24 x 1.25 = 0.30

Now from Table A-2 and A-3 of PSHA report, site-class modification factor for site-class D (which
is taken as medium soil in this study)

Fa = 1.2 and Fv = 1.8


Hence, the maximum considered short-period spectral response acceleration parameter, SXS, and
the design spectral response acceleration parameter at one-second, SX1 are obtained as,
SXS = Fa SS = 1.2 x 0.75 = 0.9
Now

S XS 0.9

= 0.36
2.5 2.5

Therefore, form Table 4-7, FEMA 356,

G
0.9 0.5
0.9
0.26 0.5533
Go
0.1 0.4

Now for = 20 kN/m3 and s = 200 m/s,

Navg = 20 for sit-class D, initial shear modulus, Go will be,

Go

s2
g

= 81.54 x 106 N/m2


Therefore, G = G/Go x Go
= 0.5533 x 81.54 x 106
= 45.12 x 106 N/m2
= 45.12 MPa

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