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Estimation of the amplification properties of soil through HVSR inversion based on an elitist genetic algorithm

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The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio method is one of the most commonly utilized techniques to estimate the site response. This method is frequently preferred for practical calculation of the dynamic properties of soil layers. Recently, the popularity of this technique has been increasing thanks to the methods developed to obtain the shear wave velocity profile from the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio. In this study, a MATLAB-based graphical user interface has been developed for inversion and forward calculation of the horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio. This code uses the equivalent linear approach based on the viscoelastic Kelvin-Voigt model to compute the theoretical site response of the horizontally stratified soil layers. Furthermore, the developed graphical user interface can easily estimate the dynamic parameters such as thickness, shear wave velocity, density and damping ratio of the soil layers through an elitist genetic algorithm, and thereby obtain the shear wave velocity profiles. The reliability of the developed algorithm has been tested using the synthetic and real datasets. The results from the real data examples have been compared with those from previous studies and the satisfactory results have been obtained.

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Data Availability

The microtremor data utilized in this study were collected within the scope of the TÜBİTAK project numbered 101Y070 and were previously used by İmamoğlu (2002) in his master’s study.

Code Availability

The source codes are available for downloading at the link: https://github.com/ozkankafadar/HVSRInv

• Name of the code: HVSRInv

• Contacts: Ö. Kafadar, e-mail: okafadar@kocaeli.edu.tr, Ç. İmamoğlu, e-mail: cagri.imamoglu@juramuhendislik.com

• Hardware requirements: No special hardware is required

• Program language: MATLAB

• Software required: MATLAB R2015a or higher

• Program size: 3.74 MB (including the MATLAB files, input files, user manual and executable file)

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We thank to the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) for microtremor data collected within the scope of the TUBITAK project numbered 101Y070.

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This work was supported by Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TÜBİTAK) 101Y070.

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    Kafadar, Ö., İmamoğlu, Ç. Estimation of the amplification properties of soil through HVSR inversion based on an elitist genetic algorithm. Earth Sci Inform 15, 2319–2334 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12145-022-00881-w

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