Towhata I. Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Springer, 2008. — 679 p. — Series: Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering. — ISBN13: 9783642071454, ISBN: 3642071457This fascinating new book examines the issues of earthquake geotechnical engineering in a comprehensive way. It summarizes the present knowledge on earthquake hazards and their causative mechanisms as well as a number of other relevant topics. 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.
List of Contents
Knowledge of soil mechanics
Basic principles in soil mechanics
Problems concerning shaking of soft ground undergoing earthquake loading
ntroduction
Seismological knowledge
Wave propagation in elastic medium
Earthquake effects
Dynamic response analysis
Pseudostatic limit equilibrium analysis
Field investigation
Dynamic response of complex-modulus model
Calculation of amplification factor
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
Liquefaction
Features of liquefaction-induced damages
Mechanism of onset of liquefaction
Assessment of liquefaction potential
Behavior of soil undergoing cyclic undrained loading
n-situ tests on liquefaction potential of subsoils
Post-liquefaction behavior of sandy ground
mmediate 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
Appendix
Application of variational principle of mathematics to eformation analysis
derivation of coulomb’s active earth pressure formula
convenient expressions in international conversations