A cooperative NRC/CEA research project on earthquake ground motion on soil sites

This paper provides an overview of a multi-phase experiment. The objective of the experiment is to collect a comprehensive set of data on the propagation of earthquake ground motions vertically through a shallow soil column (on the order of several tens of meters). The data are used to validate several of the available engineering computer codes for modeling earthquake ground motion. The data set are also used to develop an improved understanding of the earthquake source function and the potential for non-linear effects controlling the propagation through the shallow soil column