Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering - Towhata, Ikuo.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
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.
Keywords: Engineering geology; Engineering-Geology.; Foundations; Hydraulics; Geology; Geotechnical engineering; Mechanics; Mechanics, Applied; Civil engineering; Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics; Geology; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences; Solid Mechanics; Solid Mechanics; Civil Engineering