Vs profile

The V_s profile contains the information on the propagation velocity of shear (S) waves in the soil underneath or in the vicinity of an accelerometric station, as a function of depth.e vicinity of an accelerometric station.

Typically the stratigraphic profile is defined by layers of varying thickness, each of them characterized by the corresponding shear waves velocity, expressed in m/s. The knowledge of the S-wave velocity is one of the most important parameters for the mechanical characterization of the site of interest, and its classification (see EC8 site category and V_s,30 profile)