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... 247 APPENDIX E-3 Wildlife Liquefaction Array Site Site Response in the 2012 M 4.9 Hovley Earthquake General This Appendix presents results of numerical modeling of the response of the Wildlife Liquefaction Array (WLA) site in the 2012 M 4.9 Hovley earthquake.
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... 248 2012 M 4.9 Hovley Earthquake and Ground Motions Relevant information about the 2012 M 4.9 Hovley earthquake and ground motions induced at the site are presented in Table E-2. Table E-2.
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... 249 Figure E-2. Acceleration Response Spectra in the 2012 M 4.9 Hovley Earthquake: (a)
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... 250 Site Exploration and Characterization Relevant information about the re-instrumented WLA site, including site location and layout, and results of site characterization efforts, is provided in the site characterization report that is enclosed as Appendix B-1. Select information is reproduced from Appendix B-1 in Figure E-4.
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... 252 Element Testing Table E-4 lists the results of element tests performed and documented in this study, including in Appendix D-2. The CM sub-model testing, i.e., fitting of the modulus reduction and damping curves is documented in Appendix E-1.
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... 254 model parameters assessed were fine-tuned in an iterative process. The fine-tuning was performed with the Hovley in-hole record scaled to Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA)
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... 255 Results - Ground Surface Response The Total Stress Analysis (TSA) was performed first to establish a Total Stress (TS)
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... 256 (a) Program 2 (MKZ)
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... 257 (g) Program 4 (UCSDSAND3)
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... 258 (c) Peak Shear Strain Figure E-11.
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... 259 (a) Peak Ground Acceleration (b)
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... 261 (a) Program 2 (MKZ)
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... 262 APPENDIX E-3 Attachment Site Response Model of the Re-Instrumented WLA Site Layer No. Soil Type Thickness (m)
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... 263 Parameters and Coefficients of the MKZ Model (Program 2) Layer No.
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... 264 Parameters and Coefficients of the UCSDSAND3 Model (OpenSees) Layer No.
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... 265 2 1.00.E-04 2.20 4.40 1.73 - - - 3 1.00.E-04 2.20 4.40 1.93 - - - 4 1.00.E-03 2.20 4.40 1.93 - - - 5 1.00.E-04 2.20 4.40 1.97 0.15 3 -0.2 6 1.00.E-04 2.20 4.40 1.97 0.15 3 -0.2 7 1.00.E-04 2.20 4.40 1.97 0.15 3 -0.2 8 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 9 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 10 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 11 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 12 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 13 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 14 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 15 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 16 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 17 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 18 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 19 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 20 1.00.E-05 2.20 4.40 1.97 - - - 𝑑𝑑 = pressure dependent coefficient; π‘ƒπ‘ƒπ‘Ÿπ‘Ÿβ€² = reference mean effective pressure; πœ‘πœ‘ = model friction angle; 𝑠𝑠0 = model cohesion; π›Ύπ›Ύπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘š,π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ = maximum shear strain at reference pressure; π‘π‘π‘Œπ‘Œπ‘Œπ‘Œ = number of yield surface; πœ‘πœ‘π‘ƒπ‘ƒπ‘ƒπ‘ƒ = phase transformation angle; π‘π‘π‘šπ‘š, 𝑐𝑐𝑏𝑏, 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐, 𝑐𝑐𝑑𝑑, 𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒 = contraction parameters; 𝜈𝜈 = Poisson's ratio; π΅π΅π‘Ÿπ‘Ÿ = bulk modulus; πΊπΊπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘šπ‘š = small-strain shear modulus; π‘˜π‘˜π‘ π‘ π‘šπ‘šπ‘ π‘  = soil permeability; 𝐡𝐡𝑓𝑓 = bulk modulus of water; 𝐡𝐡𝑒𝑒 = combined bulk modulus; 𝜌𝜌 = soil density; π‘‘π‘‘π‘šπ‘š, 𝑑𝑑𝑏𝑏, 𝑑𝑑𝑐𝑐 = soil dilation parameters. Rayleigh damping parameters: πœΆπœΆπ’“π’“ = 0.08 and πœ·πœ·π’“π’“ = 0.00017.
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... 266 Parameters and Coefficients of the PM4SAND Model (Program 4) Layer No.

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