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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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GEOSCIENCE INTEGRATION AND INTERPRETIVE MODEL BUILDING TO OVERCOME SEISMIC IMAGING PROBLEMS IN FOOTHILLS ENVIRONMENTS (2012)
Seismic imaging in thrust-belt environments like the foothills of the Himalayas benefits significantly from interpretive input to velocities used for time and depth migration. With low fold in the near surface, low signal-to- noise ratios on the image gathers, ...
Reference: 9th Biennial International Conference & Exposition on Petroleum Geophysics
GROUND MOTION COMPARISON OF THE 2011 TOHOKU, JAPAN AND 2010-2011 CANTERBURY EARTHQUAKES: IMPLICATIONS FOR LARGE EVENTS IN NEW ZEALAND (2012)
This paper provides a comparison between the strong ground motions observed in the Christchurch central business district in the 4 September 2010 Mw7.1 Darfield, and 22 February 2011 Mw6.3 Christchurch earthquakes with those observed in Tokyo during the 11 ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
HYSTERETIC INFLUENCE ON EARTHQUAKE INDUCED SLIDING DAMAGE OF CONTENTS (2012)
This paper investigates the influence of hysteretic characteristics of structures on contents damage. The damage to contents considered was limited to sliding induced damage, excluding rocking induced damage. A single storey structure and contents were modelled ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
IMPACT MECHANICS, DAMAGE AND BUILDING POUNDING: THE EFFECT OF CO-EFFICIENT OF RESTITUTION, STRUCTURAL YIELDING AND GAP RATIO (2012)
Impact between structures of bridge sections can play a major, unexpected role in seismic structural damage. Linear and non-linear models are developed to analyze structural impact and response of two single-degree-of-freedom structures, representing adjacent ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
IMPROVING SEISMIC RESISTANCE OF HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES USING SOIL IMPROVEMENT TECHNIQUES (2012)
<p>Most of the Egyptian irrigation structures were built many decades ago. Most of these structures may be classified as unsafe structures when making an assessment of their resistance to earthquake loads in accordance with the current specifications. This ...
Reference: Sixteenth International Water Technology Conference, IWTC 16 2012, Istanbul, Turkey
KINEMATIC SOURCE STUDIES OF THE ONGOING (2010-2011) SEQUENCE OF RECENT LARGE EARTHQUAKES IN CANTERBURY (2012)
On 4 September 2010, a surface rupturing earthquake (Mw 7.1) struck the Canterbury Plains region in New Zealand's South Island. The Canterbury Plains is a region of relatively low seismicity, and the structure that ruptured was a previously unmapped fault. ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
LESSONS FROM THE CANTERBURY EVENTS: PRELIMINARY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ONLINE FELT REPORTS (2012)
In 2004, the GeoNet project operated by GNS Science implemented an internet-based questionnaire. Its aim was to provide an automatic intensity assignment in New Zealand’s Modified Mercalli (MM) intensity scale based on answers to a set of standardized questions. ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
LIQUEFACTION OF TANGIER SOILS BY USING PHYSICALLY BASED RELIABILITY ANALYSIS MODELLING (2012)
<p>Approaches that are widely used to characterize propensity of soils to liquefaction are mainly of empirical type. The potential of liquefaction is assessed by using correlation formulas that are based on field tests such as the standard and the cone penetration ...
Reference: MATEC 1 matecconf 0110008 10008 (2012)
LOSS ESTIMATION IN CHRISTCHURCH CBD FOLLOWING RECENT EARTHQUAKES: VALIDATION AND REFINEMENT OF CURRENT PROCEDURES (2012)
In this paper, a loss estimation evaluation for Christchurch CBD, with focus on reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, is conducted with the main aim to improve the reliability of current procedures to support the aforementioned decision-making process. Comparisons ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
NEW NATIONAL SEISMIC HAZARD MODEL FOR NEW ZEALAND: CHANGES TO ESTIMATED LONG-TERM HAZARD (2012)
We compare site-specific response spectra and hazard maps from the recently-updated national seismic hazard model (2010 NSHM) and predecessor NSHM of 2002. The new model incorporates over 200 new onshore and offshore fault sources, and utilises newly-developed ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch