<p>Cyclic1D is a nonlinear Finite Element program for one-dimensional (1D) lateral dynamic site-response simulations. The program operates in the time domain, allowing for linear (Hughes 1987) and nonlinear studies. Nonlinearity is simulated by incremental ...

<p>Soil-structure interaction may play a major role in the seismic response of a bridge structure. Specifically, soil layers of low stiffness and strength may result in permanent displacement of the abutments and foundations, thus imposing important kinematic ...

<p>A shake-table series of experiments has provided valuable data for liquefaction-induced lateral spreading effects on pile foundations. In this paper, this data is employed to estimate peak soil pressure on single piles embedded in a laterally spreading ...

<p>In this paper, a single pile embedded in mildly inclined, liquefiable soil deposit is analyzed under dynamic base shaking conditions.</p>

<p>A series of four dynamic centrifuge model tests was performed to investigate the effect of foundation densification on the seismic performance of a zoned earth dam with a saturated sand foundation. In these experiments, thickness of the densified foundation ...

<p>This paper presents the application of the PEER (Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research) PBEE (Performance-based earthquake engineering) methodology to one of the six PEER testbeds, namely the Humboldt Bay Middle Channel (HBMC) Bridge, one of three bridges ...

A mechanism of sand boil development during liquefaction is briefly discussed. In particular, the impact of sand boils as potential excess pore-pressure relief mechanisms is investigated within a computational solid-fluid fully coupled effective-stress framework ...

<p>A mechanism of sand boil development during liquefaction is briefly discussed. In particular, the impact of sand boils as potential excess pore-pressure relief mechanisms is investigated within a computational solid-fluid fully coupled effective-stress ...