Geotechnical earthquake engineering / Ikuo Towhata.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tōhata, Ikuo, 1954-

Series:

Springer series in geomechanics and geoengineering.

Springer series in geomechanics and geoengineering

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering.

Soil dynamics.

Soil mechanics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (697 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2008.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Springer-Verlag, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents all issues of earthquake geotechnical engineering in a comprehensive way. It summarizes the present knowledge on earthquake hazards and their causative mechanisms, experimental studies on nonlinear complex soil behaviour, an analysis to predict ground behaviour during earthquakes, field studies to determine nature of real ground as input data for analysis, and damage mitigation technologies. Information obtained from earthquake damage investigation (such as ground motion, landslides, earth pressure, fault action, or liquefaction) as well as data from laboratory tests and field investigation is supplied, together with exercises/questions.

Contents:

1 KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL MECHANICS

Basic Principles in Soil Mechanics

2 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 Force Exerted on Structures

Seismic Behavior of Slopes and Embankments

Landslides

Seismic Faults

3 LIQUEFACTION

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

Postliquefaction Behavior of Sandy Ground

Immediate Detection of Liquefaction Damage and Emergency Action

Permanent Displacement and Deformation of Liquefied Subsoil

Prediction of Permanent Displacement Due to Liquefaction

Mitigation of Liquefaction-Induced Damage

Seismic Microzonation.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-95503-5

9786611955038

3-540-35783-1

OCLC:

551396504