Yahya Djamour; S. Hashemi Tabatabaei; M. Sedighi; H. R. Nankali
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In previous decades, using traditional geodetic observations such as distance and angle measurements was prevalent in the earth surface displacement studies. After accessing to satellite positioning systems with a high precision ability such as GPS, we encountered to an upheaval in the earth surface ...
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In previous decades, using traditional geodetic observations such as distance and angle measurements was prevalent in the earth surface displacement studies. After accessing to satellite positioning systems with a high precision ability such as GPS, we encountered to an upheaval in the earth surface displacement studies. Indeed using temporal variations of the earth surface deformation, the seismotectonics of the area can be distinguished. Deformation modeling of the area can be accessed using the analyzing of repeated geodetic measurements. In Tehran area the earthquake studies is an important task and in this paper we are going to use GPS measurements for this field. Here 35 GPS stations cover whole of Tehran which consists North Tehran fault. These stations were occupied at least 2 annual epochs and some of them were measured more than 4 times. After processing the acquired data and analyzing the results, the velocity field was obtained. Deformation analysis of the velocity field shows a small left lateral movement about 0.5-2 mm/year and more or less the same value for shortening in the northern band Tehran area. This value is not constant along the northern band and it seems the eastern part where we reach the Mosha fault the deformation is more significant than western part. The observed rate is equal to a total movement of ~5km during 2.5-10 my which is consistent with geological studies carried out in this area.
S. Hashemi Tabatabaei; A. Mohamadi; A. S. Salamat
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Earthquake struck Bam city on 12/26/2004. Seismic microzonation of Bam city started with the aim to determine engineering geological and geotechnical characteristic in order to reduce the future earthquake disasters. The seismic microzonation included geoelectric, geoseismic, geotechnic, seismotechtonic, ...
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Earthquake struck Bam city on 12/26/2004. Seismic microzonation of Bam city started with the aim to determine engineering geological and geotechnical characteristic in order to reduce the future earthquake disasters. The seismic microzonation included geoelectric, geoseismic, geotechnic, seismotechtonic, hazard analysis and geotechnical earthquake engineering. Based on seismic results and Standard No. 2800, Bam city can be classified as "Site class I" and " II" .Depth of the seismic bedrock throughout the city approximately is less than 30 m except some portion of central part. The subsurface geotechnical investigation was carried by continuous coring, ten types of soil were identified and their surface and subsurface distributions were mapped. Site response analysis was performed to determine various parameters such as peak acceleration, period corresponding to maximum resonance and coefficient of amplification for various return periods throughout the study area. Results indicated that Bam city can be divided in to four zones with different designed spectra. Some of the design spectra of Bam city were compared with Eurocode and Standard No. 2800.
S. Hashemi Tabatabaei; A. S. Salamat; A. Mohamadi
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Seismic site characterization studies are carried out in earthquake- prone areas. In these studies seismic design parameters are chosen based on engineering geological and geotechnical characteristics of the site. Site classification is addressed in various building codes. Codes define various methods ...
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Seismic site characterization studies are carried out in earthquake- prone areas. In these studies seismic design parameters are chosen based on engineering geological and geotechnical characteristics of the site. Site classification is addressed in various building codes. Codes define various methods for soil classification such as measurement of average shear wave velocity up to 30 meters depth. This paper present a part of the seismic geotechnical microzonation study of Shiraz city based on seismic data for soil classification. This method, measures the travel times of multiple elastic waves along the interface of layers having different velocities. In this study a seismograph with an array of 24 geophones and 3.75m intervals was used. The shear wave velocity distribution estimated for 3 different seismic layers. Seismic bedrock was defined as layer for which shear wave velocity is more than 750 m/s. Depth of seismic bedrock was estimated to vary about 1 to 29m.The average shear wave velocity up to depth of 30 m ranges about 375 to 1253m/s. Based on the results soil profile in Shiraz were classified and compared with the Standard No. 2800 and Eurocode-08. The result indicated that Shiraz city can be placed in "site class I" and "site class B, E and A" respectively. The study revealed that Standard No. 2800 site classification should be modified.
M. Talebian; S. H. Tabatabaei; M. Fattahi; M. Ghorashi; A. Beitollahi; A. Ghalandarzadeh; M.A. Riahi
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The Iranian plateau lies between the Arabian and Eurasian plates and accommodates approximately 22 mm/yr of N-S shortening. About 9 mm/y of this shortening is taken up by folding and thrusting in the Zagros while the remaining 13 mm/yr is taken up in the Alborz and Kopeh-Dagh. The Central Iran ...
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The Iranian plateau lies between the Arabian and Eurasian plates and accommodates approximately 22 mm/yr of N-S shortening. About 9 mm/y of this shortening is taken up by folding and thrusting in the Zagros while the remaining 13 mm/yr is taken up in the Alborz and Kopeh-Dagh. The Central Iran block is relatively stable and thus moves to the north with an average velocity of about 13 mm/y. As the stable Afghanistan block lies to the east, the northward motion of Central Iran produces a right-lateral shear in eastern Iran, which is distributed mainly over a few major faults to the west (~5 mm/yr) and east (~ 8 mm/yr) of the Lut desert. Limited information is available about the slip rates of individual faults in eastern Iran; therefore in this study we try to combine all geological, geodetic and available Quaternary dating results to estimate the fault slip rates and distribution of active deformation in eastern Iran. Finally, we report the results from OSL dating of samples taken from uplifted plain deposits near the south end of the Bam-Baravat fault. These results show that this fault is growing in the vertical direction with at a rate of ~ 0.5 mmy-1. Considering geometric relation between the Bam-Baravat and the south Bam earthquake fault, we estimate a slip rate of about 2 mm/y for the south Bam earthquake fault.
S. Hashemi Tabatabaei; A. A. Musivand; S. M. Safavi; B. Akbari
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Landslide and flood are natural disaster which can create tremendous lose of life and properties. The combine occurrence of these events can create debris flow. Due to the repetition of debris flood in different locations of northern part of the country (Neka, 1378, Kolastan, 1380, and 1384), and tremendous ...
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Landslide and flood are natural disaster which can create tremendous lose of life and properties. The combine occurrence of these events can create debris flow. Due to the repetition of debris flood in different locations of northern part of the country (Neka, 1378, Kolastan, 1380, and 1384), and tremendous destructive power of this natural event, it is essential to assess the effective parameters in development of debris flow. In this paper the condition of masouleh debris flow is reconstructed to assess the effective parameter and suggest possible remedial measures. After a short and intense rainfall a huge flood along with considerable amount of particles ranging from silts to boulder contents striked masouleh town and obstacled the main bridge. This event diverted the debris flood towards the town and caused lose of life and properties. About forty percent of sub basin area is affected by landslides. The rock slides have affected 25.7 percent of the area at the southern part of basin. Various methods were used to estimate the required discharge flow to carry out the material. The optimum method was chosen according to study area condition. The filed investigations clearly demonstrated the river cross sections of upstream can not permit the huge boulders to cross and the big boulder which obstacle the main bridge has been removed from landslide area at downstream at the vicinity of the town.
S. H. Tabatabaei; A. Aghaei Araei
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This paper describes the result of a study on the determination of geotechnical properties of improved soil treated by quick lime and hydrated lime. Soil samples are mixed with quick lime and hydrated lime in various portions. The geotechnical properties investigated are ...
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This paper describes the result of a study on the determination of geotechnical properties of improved soil treated by quick lime and hydrated lime. Soil samples are mixed with quick lime and hydrated lime in various portions. The geotechnical properties investigated are compaction characteristics, Atterberg limits, compressive strength and CBR. It is observed that the dry density of soil treated with hydrated lime decreases and the optimum water content increases, while there is no noticeable change in dry density and optimum moisture content of soil treated with quick lime. The plasticity index of admixtures indicates a descending trend; however, it is more pronounced in samples treated by quick lime. Addition of small amount of lime causes significant increase in compressive strength of admixtures and increases with curing time. The effect of the quick lime is more significant than the hydrated lime. CBR tests show a trend similar to that observed for compressive strength tests. The optimum amount of hydrated and quick lime for improvement of the soil is presented.