Abstract
The paper presents ground motion analysis and earthquake safety criteria for a petroleum storage tank on a slope in the Marmara Region of Turkey. A probabilistic assessment of the earthquake hazard for 50 and 2 % probability of exceedance in 50 years was conducted. Ground motions (using stochastic Green's function procedure) and stability of the present sliding surfaces were analysed numerically. Permanent displacements associated with a 7.4 magnitude earthquake were computed using the Newmark's sliding block approach.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-325 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2013 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Acknowledgments We would like to thank OPET Petroleum company in Turkey for supporting the geophysical and seismic surveys. We would also like to thank Prof. Dr. Mustafa Erdik (Director of Bogazici Un. Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Reseach Institute) for his guidance and ideas. We appreciate the Bogazici University Research Fund for support to Project No:03T101. We are grateful to Dr. Hakan Akman, Dr. Karin Sesetyan and Dr. Mine B. Demircioglu for their help during the seismic hazard analysis.
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Bogazici University Research Fund | :03T101 |
Keywords
- Earthquake
- Geophysical
- Geotechnical
- Ground motions
- Probabilistic
- Slope stability
