Geotechnical earthquake engineering /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Towhata, Ikuo
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2008.
Series:Springer series in geomechanics and geoengineering
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Knowledge of soil mechanics
  • Basic principles in soil mechanics
  • Problems concerning shaking of soft ground undergoing earthquake loading
  • Seismological knowledge
  • Wave propagation in elastic medium
  • Earthquake effects
  • Dynamic response analysis
  • Pseudostatic limit equilibrium analysis
  • Field investigation
  • Dynamic response of complex-modulus model
  • Laboratory tests on dynamic properties of soils
  • Stress-strain models
  • Application of seismic inertia force
  • Seismic forces exerted on structures
  • Seismic behavior of slopes and embankments
  • Landslides
  • Seismic faults
  • Features of liquefaction-induced damages
  • Mechanism of onset of liquefaction
  • Assessment of liquefaction potential
  • Behavior of soil undergoing cyclic undrained loading
  • In-situ tests on liquefaction potential of subsoils
  • Post-liquefaction behavior of sandy ground
  • Immediate detection of liquefaction damage and emergency action
  • Permanent displacement/deformation of liquefied subsoil
  • Prediction of permanent displacement due to liquefaction
  • Mitigation of liquefaction-induced damage
  • Seismic microzonation.