Geotechnical earthquake engineering /
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| Author / Creator: | Towhata, Ikuo. |
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| Imprint: | Berlin : Springer-Verlag, 2008. |
| Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 684 p.) : ill. (some col.) |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11958296 |
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.