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Earthquake Engineering

Earthquake engineering is defined as the scientific branch devoted to the protection of society from earthquake hazards. More specifically earthquake engineering is defined as the behavior study of structures and geostructures during and after an earthquake. Geotechpedia provides a plethora of papers concerning earthquake engineering.

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LIQUEFACTION MITIGATION USING BENTONITE SUSPENSIONS (2013)
<p>Ottawa sand specimens premixed with 0, 3, and 5% bentonite by dry mass of sand were tested under undrained static and cyclic loading to investigate the effects of bentonite on the static and cyclic shear strength of the sand. The results show that allowing ...
Reference: 2013 American Society of Civil Engineers.
NON-LINEAR DYNAMIC ANALYSIS OF MASONRY TOWERS UNDER NATURAL ACCELEROGRAMS ACCOUNTING FOR SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION (2013)
<p>The object of the paper is the influence of the soil-structure interaction on the dynamic response of masonry towers, for which a high level of stress is involved already in the static field. The relevant deformations and displacements at the base of the ...
Reference: COMPDYN 2013 4th ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering M. Papadrakakis, V. Papadopoulos, V. Plevris (eds.) Kos Island, Greece, 12–14 June 2013
SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURES ON RETAINING STRUCTURES IN COHESIONLESS SOILS (2013)
<p>Observations of the performance of basement walls and retaining structures in recent earthquakes show that failures of basement or deep excavation walls in earthquakes are rare even if the structures were not designed for the actual intensity of the earthquake ...
Reference: STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL REPORT 65A0367
SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURES ON RETAINING STRUCTURES WITH COHESIVE BACKFILLS (2013)
<p>Observations of the performance of many different types of retaining structures in recent earthquakes show that failures of retaining structures, including braced excavation supports and basement walls, are rare even if the structures were not designed ...
Reference: STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TECHNICAL REPORT 65A0367
USE OF SURFACE WAVES FOR GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS IN WESTERN SYDNEY (2013)
<p>Current in situ methods used to geotechnically characterize the ground are predominantly based on invasive mechanical techniques (e.g. CPT, SPT, DMT). These techniques are localized to the tested area thus making it quite time consuming and costly to extensively ...
Reference: Advances in Geosciences, 35, 37–44, 2013
22 FEBRUARY 2011 CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKE AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DESIGN OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES (2012)
At 12:51pm local time on 22 February 2011, a Mw 6.2 aftershock of the September 4, 2010, Darfield Earthquake shook the city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The aftershock occurred on an unmapped fault less than 8 km from the city center resulting in the collapse ...
Reference: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Engineering Lessons Learned from the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, March 1-4, 2012, Tokyo, Japan
ANALYSIS OF LIQUEFACTION-INDUCED LATERAL SPREADING DATA FROM THE 2010 DARFIELD AND 2011 CHRISTCHURCH EARTHQUAKES (2012)
The 4 September 2010 Darfield and 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquakes caused significant damage to Christchurch and surrounding suburbs as a result of the widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading that occurred. Ground surveying-based field investigations ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
COMPILATION AND CRITICAL REVIEW OF GMPES FOR THE GEM-PEER GLOBAL GMPES PROJECT (2012)
<p>Ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs) relate a ground-motion parameter (e.g. peak ground acceleration, PGA) to a set of explanatory variables describing the source, wave propagation path and site conditions. In the past five decades many hundreds of ...
Reference: 15 WCEE Lisboa 2012
CONSISTENCY OF SEISMICITY AND GROUND MOTION MODELLING WITH THE CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKES (2012)
This paper examines the consistency of seismicity and ground motion models, used for seismic hazard analysis in New Zealand, with the observations in the Canterbury earthquakes. An overview is first given of seismicity and ground motion modelling as inputs ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
CONSTRUCTION COST IMPLICATIONS OF THE INCREASED SEISMIC COEFFICIENT Z FOR CHRISTCHURCH: A CASE STUDY (2012)
Following the magnitude 7.1 Greendale earthquake on 4 September, 2010 and the magnitude 6.3 Lyttelton aftershock on 22 February, 2011 (which caused severe damage to the Christchurch CBD, the Eastern and Southern suburbs, the Port Hills and Lyttelton), the ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch