Practice Fault Type And Depth (35.5.4) - Concept of Peak Acceleration - Earthquake Engineering - Vol 3

Practice: Fault Type and Depth

Lesson 35.5.4Concept of Peak Acceleration

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Question 1.
What type of fault generally produces higher Peak Ground Acceleration?
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Think about the force exerted on the rocks.
Question 2.
True or False: Deeper faults generally cause more intense shaking.
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Consider the proximity to the Earth's surface.
3Question 3.
Which type of fault is most likely to produce higher PGAs?
- Normal
- Thrust
- Strike-Slip
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Consider how each fault type behaves.
4Question 4.
True or False: Shallow faults typically lead to less intense ground shaking.
- True
- False
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Reflect on how energy travels through layers of the Earth.
Question 5.
Consider a scenario with a partially submerged thrust fault at a depth of 1 km and another at 5 km. Analyze how PGAs would differ between these two scenarios when subjected to the same earthquake forces.
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Evaluate the energy transformation and dissipation over distance.
Question 6.
If you were assessing a location with high PGAs from both a thrust fault and a significant directivity effect, what structural strategies would you propose?
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Think about how structures can adapt to shaking.

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