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Full-Text Articles in Geotechnical Engineering
A Review Of Current Construction Guidelines To Inform The Design Of Rammed Earth Houses In Seismically Active Zones, David Thompson, Charles Augarde, Juan Pablo Osorio
A Review Of Current Construction Guidelines To Inform The Design Of Rammed Earth Houses In Seismically Active Zones, David Thompson, Charles Augarde, Juan Pablo Osorio
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Sustainability in the materials we use for construction is a prime concern, focusing on reducing the embodied energy and carbon footprints of the materials used. The cement used in concrete products is responsible for a significant proportion of Man's CO2 emissions and its production requires substantial energy input, as do fired clay products. For this reason, products formed from unfired earthen materials are of increasing interest and the current challenges include devising means of robust design for strength and to address durability concerns. One form of earthen construction that employs an in-situ method is rammed earth, and it is a …
Quantifying The Seismic Vulnerability Of Bridges In Low To Moderate Seismicity Regions, John Edward Lens
Quantifying The Seismic Vulnerability Of Bridges In Low To Moderate Seismicity Regions, John Edward Lens
Graduate College Dissertations and Theses
The U.S. Congressional Research Service issued a report for Congress in May 2016, entitled” Earthquake Risk and U.S. Highway Infrastructure: Frequently Asked Questions” which highlighted the absence of a national database on the status of seismic vulnerability of bridges or other infrastructure, and thus no estimate of costs to retrofit vulnerable bridges. Low to moderate seismicity regions exist in each of the continental United States, with over 30 states having mostly or entirely low-to-moderate seismicity. Resources at state transportation agencies and municipalities are focused on higher seismicity regions, creating a gap in quantifying the system-wide seismic vulnerability despite an overall …
Liquefaction-Induced Dragload And/Or Downdrag On Deep Foundations Within The New Madrid Seismic Zone, Ishimwe Elvis
Liquefaction-Induced Dragload And/Or Downdrag On Deep Foundations Within The New Madrid Seismic Zone, Ishimwe Elvis
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
Deep foundation elements are typically used to transfer structural loads for multi-story buildings and large-span bridges to a competent soil layer when 1) the soil close to the ground surface has no sufficient bearing capacity, and when 2) liquefiable soils are encountered. The majority of the bridges constructed within seismic zones rely upon the stability of earthen embankments and deep foundation that are installed above or within liquefiable soil deposits. Despite large factor of safety values or different load and resistance factors being used to adequately design deep foundations within seismic areas, soil liquefaction may cause extensive damage to the …
Seismic Performance Of Steel Helical Piles, Moustafa K. El-Sawy
Seismic Performance Of Steel Helical Piles, Moustafa K. El-Sawy
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Recent earthquakes have highlighted the need for safe and efficient construction of earthquake resilient structures. Meanwhile, helical piles are gaining popularity as a foundation for new structures and retrofitting solution for existing deficient foundations due to their immense advantages over conventional driven pile alternatives. In addition, helical pile foundations performed well in recent earthquakes, proving they can be a suitable foundation option in seismic regions. The objective of this thesis is to evaluate the seismic performance of helical piles by conducting full-scale shaking table tests and nonlinear three-dimensional numerical modeling using the computer program ABAQUS/Standard. The experimental setup involved installing …
Multi-Component Active Source Rayleigh Wave Analysis, Gabriel Gribler
Multi-Component Active Source Rayleigh Wave Analysis, Gabriel Gribler
Boise State University Theses and Dissertations
Determining how a building site will respond to earthquake ground shaking plays a critical role in proper construction practices. One critical constraint on how a site responds is the near surface shear wave seismic velocity distribution. One commonly used method for indirectly estimating shear wave velocities is Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), which utilizes a spread of vertical geophones to measure Rayleigh wave dispersion. With this approach, phase velocity vs. frequency dispersion curve picks can be used to estimate shear wave velocities with depth. I investigate the use of two (vertical and horizontal inline) component seismic signals to record …
Static And Seismic Performance Of Geosynthetics-Strengthened Pile Foundations, Ahmed M. Taha
Static And Seismic Performance Of Geosynthetics-Strengthened Pile Foundations, Ahmed M. Taha
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Geosynthetic reinforcement in earth structures has been used extensively over the last two decades. Extensive research has been carried out to investigate solutions to enhance the lateral stability of pile foundations. This research is motivated by the need to install piles in sites characterized by soft subsurface soil conditions, and often times, in seismic active areas. This research work explores an innovative use of geosynthetics to enhance the lateral performance of pile foundations. The static and seismic soil-structure-interaction behaviors of geosynthetics-reinforced pile foundation systems were evaluated using a series of reduced scale physical model tests performed on a shaking table …
Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
Scale Model Shake Table Testing Of Shallow Embedded Foundations In Soft Clay, Steven Kuo
Master's Theses
This research involves shake table testing of 1g scale models that mimic the coupled seismic response of a structure on a shallow mat foundation and foundation soil (known as soil-foundation-structural-interaction or SFSI). In previous research, SFSI effects have been quantified through analytical models, numerical analyses, and limited field data. This research works towards increasing the amount of empirical data through scale model shake table testing. A suite of earthquake time histories is considered in evaluating a nominal 10th scale soil-structure model using a flexible wall barrel on a 1-D shake table. San Francisco Young Bay Mud (YBM) is used …
Backend Framework And Software Approach To Compute Earthquake Parameters From Signals Recorded By Seismic Instrumentation System, Raman Attri
Raman K. Attri
Computation of seismic parameters and its interpretation from the recorded earthquake signal is empowered by digital data acquisition systems. This enables seismologist to automatically compute all the relevant parameters. Futuristic applications require extensive software development to implement seismic prediction and forecasting models. While developing such models, software developer prefer to write their own in-house analysis & modeling software with complete control over the required computations and models. This paper presents simplified mathematical framework of the seismic events and back-end computational software logic & algorithm to provide a simple framework to software engineers develop customized seismic analysis & computation software.
Software For Seismic And Vibration Analysis, Raman K. Attri
Software For Seismic And Vibration Analysis, Raman K. Attri
Raman K. Attri
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A Simplified Overview: How The Earthquake Parameters Are Computed From Recorded Seismic Signals?, Raman Attri
A Simplified Overview: How The Earthquake Parameters Are Computed From Recorded Seismic Signals?, Raman Attri
Raman K. Attri
The earthquake phenomenon is one of the unpredictable and complex geo-logical phenomenon happening under the earth surface. The recording and its interpretation of recorded earthquake signal have always been a prime concern of the seismologists. This paper discusses in a very simplified manner how these complex parameters are computed.
Gsis: A Conceptual Model For Web-Based Integration Of Information Technology With Geo-Scientific Instrumentation, Raman Attri
Gsis: A Conceptual Model For Web-Based Integration Of Information Technology With Geo-Scientific Instrumentation, Raman Attri
Raman K. Attri
Since a long time leading organisations have been advocating the need of implementation of IT in a centralised manner on the distributed geological data monitoring centres. In the era of IT, it is highly important to access, share and analyse related data on a common platform for fast retrieval of information in centralised as well as in distributed mode. In this article a concept to integrate Geo-Scientific Instrumentation systems to Information Technology has been highlighted. The vision to create a Geo-Scientific Information System (GSIS) would be an approach where a centralised web-enabled database of the data acquired & transmitted by …