Seismic Behaviour of Ground and Geotechnical Structures: Special Volum

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Seismic Behaviour of Ground and Geotechnical Structures: Special Volume of TC 4

ABSTRACT

Containing papers from the Special Technical Session on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, this volume includes coverage of: zonation maps; liquefaction; side effects; ground motions; slope instability; seismic behaviour of slopes; dikes and dams; and warning systems.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part 1|151 pages

Microzonation and site effects

chapter |7 pages

A preliminary microzonation study for the town of Dinar

chapter |14 pages

Zonation of geotechnical seismic hazards in Tuscany, Italy

chapter |7 pages

Liquefaction potential map for Chimbote, Peru

chapter |11 pages

Liquefaction potential assessment – Application to the Portuguese territory and to the town of Setúbal

chapter |6 pages

Site effects for long-period Rayleigh waves

chapter |10 pages

Seismic behavior of the alluvial clay layer at Kobe Port Island during the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake

chapter |9 pages

Nonlinear site response during the Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake recorded by vertical arrays in view of seismic zonation methodology

chapter |9 pages

Seismic zoning on ground motions in Taiwan area

chapter |16 pages

Microzonation for ground motion during the 1980 Irpinia earthquake at Calabritto, Italy

chapter |5 pages

Estimation of ground motion intensity in Kobe during the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu, Japan earthquake by a simplified zonation method

chapter |9 pages

Earthquake hazard zonation

chapter |12 pages

Evaluation of liquefaction potential of a site located in the South of Portugal

chapter |10 pages

Site-dependent seismic response including recent strong motion data

chapter |9 pages

Application of the TC4 Manual for soil liquefaction assessment to the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake

chapter |7 pages

A study on the adaptability of two zoning methods for slope instability

part 2|236 pages

Seismic behaviour of geotechnical structures

chapter |8 pages

Liquefaction mechanisms and countermeasures

chapter |9 pages

Seismic analysis of flexible buried structures

chapter |11 pages

Lateral-spreading loads on a piled bridge foundation

chapter |10 pages

Liquefaction induced displacements

chapter |10 pages

Nonlinear seismic response of pile foundations during strong earthquake shaking

chapter |10 pages

Damage characteristics of independent houses and life line structures caused by Kobe earthquake and its ground motions

chapter |9 pages

The shearing of foundations on an active fault

chapter |9 pages

Natural frequency response of structures considering soil-structure interaction

chapter |8 pages

Investigation of damaged foundations in the Great Hanshin earthquake disaster

chapter |9 pages

Earthquake geotechnical engineering aspects of the protection dikes of the Costa Oriental of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela

chapter |8 pages

Seismic design procedure for kinematically stressed piles

chapter |8 pages

Analytical formulae for the seismic bearing capacity of shallow strip foundations

chapter |9 pages

Evaluation of cyclic liquefaction potential based on the CPT

chapter |8 pages

Earthquake-induced settlements in mat foundations on clay deposits

chapter |9 pages

Seismic bearing capacity of rigid deep strip foundations

chapter |10 pages

Damage to Higashinada sewage treatment plant by the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake

chapter |10 pages

Yodogawa dike damage by the Hyogoken-nanbu earthquake

chapter |6 pages

Early earthquake warning system for city gas network

chapter |17 pages

Evaluation of stability of dam and reservoir slopes – Mechanics of landslide

chapter |10 pages

Seismic response of steep natural slopes, structural fills, and reinforced soil slopes and walls

chapter |10 pages

Seismically induced displacement of retaining walls

chapter |9 pages

Effects of liquefaction-induced ground displacement on pile damage in 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake

chapter |9 pages

Boundary simulation for dynamic soil-structure interaction problems

chapter |8 pages

Validation of analytical procedure on Daikai Subway Station damaged during the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake

part 3|12 pages

Miscellaneous

chapter |10 pages

Damping ratio of soils from laboratory and in situ tests