This report identifies and describes current practice and available methods for evaluating the influence of local ground conditions on earthquake design ground motions on a site-specific basis

<p>A procedure that can be used for preliminary seismic analysis of intake-outlet<br />towers including soil-structure-water interaction is developed. The formulation also considers the effect of partial soil-foundation separation, a phenomenon of considerable ...

The paper presents the historical development of fundamental concepts related to the modelling of the non-linear and irreversible behaviour of soils. The concepts of failure, flow rule, successive yield surfaces and hardening rules are recalled. The original ...