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- Title
- The Shear Wave Velocity of Boston Blue Clay. Optimum Seismic Protection and Building Damage Statistics, Report Number 6.
- File
- PB80165285.pdf
- Author(s)
- Trudeau, P. J.
- Source
- National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Engineering and Applied Science., February 1973, 66 p.
- Identifying Number(s)
- ['SOILS PUB-317', 'R73-12']
- Abstract
- The purpose of this report is to provide a best estimate of the shear wave velocity of Boston Blue Clay to be used in soil amplification studies in the design of structures in the Boston area against earthquakes. The in situ shear wave velocities determined using the cross-hole method by Weston Geophysical Research, Inc. are compared with values obtained using MIT's Hardin Oscillator and also empirical correlations proposed by Hardin and Black. Modifications to the laboratory values and the empirical results indicated herein agree favorably with the in situ shear wave velocities of 850 to 900 feet per second.
- Keywords
- Seismic waves; Massachusetts; Boston blue clay; Earthquake engineering; Boston (Massachusetts); Secondary waves; Soil dynamics; Soil mechanics; Earthquakes