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Aftershocks following an earthquake can be damaging to the built environment, as observed in New Zealand during 2010 and 2011. In this paper, the aftershock sequence is discussed and a soil-foundation-structure numerical model is introduced. The numerical ...
Reference: NZSEE Annual Technical Conference & AGM, 13-15 April 2012, Christchurch
This paper describes a two- dimensional fnite element analysis in which the tunnel, the soil and a building are all treated in a single analysis.
Reference: The Structural Engineer, Vol. 79, No 1, 2000
Damaging compressive stresses can develop at the pile toe when piles are driven to bedrock or in bouldery conditions. High-strain testing methods using the Pile Driving Analyzer (PDA) have been used successfully to detect pile damage along the pile.
Reference: 1995 PDA User's Days, Cleveland
Two brief case histories are presented, where damage to concrete piles was discovered by means of dynamic measurements using the Pile Driving Analyzer.
Reference: "Proceedings of the 1st International, Seminar on the Application of Stress-wave Theory to Piles, Stockholm, 1980, H. Bredenberg"