VS profiles provided by SDMT for soil characterization in numerical seismic response analyses

Paola Monaco, Sara Amoroso, Diego Marchetti, Gianfranco Totani

Abstract

The seismic dilatometer (SDMT) is the combination of the standard flat dilatometer (DMT) with a seismic module for measuring the shear wave velocity VS, a basic input parameter for site seismic response analyses. This paper presents an overview of the SDMT equipment, test procedure and interpretation, as well as examples of SDMT results and related comments.

Keywords

shear wave velocity, seismic dilatometer test, seismic waves, geotechnical in situ tests, earthquake geotechnical engineering

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TC4 - Measurement of Electrical Quantities

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