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Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Using Shake Table Test, S. R. Pathak, R. S. Dalvi, A. D. Katdare May 2010

Earthquake Induced Liquefaction Using Shake Table Test, S. R. Pathak, R. S. Dalvi, A. D. Katdare

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Loose saturated cohesionless soils may undergo liquefaction due to strong ground motions. Such liquefaction causes significant damage to the structure resting on such soil. The extent of damage primarily depends upon soil properties, intensity of earthquake and type of structure. Various analytical models have been developed to estimate the likelihood of liquefaction of particular site based on field performance. However, if it is possible to identify the sites which are likely to liquefy due to specific intensity of earthquake it will help implementing the reduction in the damage which it would otherwise cause. One such analytical model has been developed …

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Estimation Of Seismic Compression In Dry Soils Using The Cpt, P. K. Robertson, Lisheng Shao May 2010

Estimation Of Seismic Compression In Dry Soils Using The Cpt, P. K. Robertson, Lisheng Shao

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A popular method to evaluate earthquake induced settlements in dry sands is the approach proposed by Pradel (1998) which was based on standard penetration test (SPT) results and is only applicable to clean sands. A simple modification of the Pradel (1998) method is proposed based on cone penetration test (CPT) results and is extended to cover a wide range of unsaturated soils. A key parameter in the method by Pradel (1998) is the small strain shear modulus, Go, which can be estimated from the CPT or measured using the seismic CPT. The CPT can provide a continuous evaluation …

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Field Evidence And Laboratory Testing Of The Cyclic Vulnerability Of Fine-Grained Soils During The 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake, C. Guney Olgun, James R. Martin Ii, Atila Sezen May 2010

Field Evidence And Laboratory Testing Of The Cyclic Vulnerability Of Fine-Grained Soils During The 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake, C. Guney Olgun, James R. Martin Ii, Atila Sezen

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Significant earthquake-induced settlements occurred in saturated fine-grained soils at the Carrefour Shopping Center in Turkey during the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake (M=7.4). Most of the settlement was due to the undrained cyclic failure of silt/clay (ML/CL) and highplasticity clay (CH) strata within the subsoil profile. Each suffered about 1% vertical strain. Extensive laboratory testing on undisturbed samples from these silty and clayey strata has been performed to investigate this behavior. The laboratory testing included monotonic and cyclic simple shear tests, triaxial tests and conventional 1-D consolidation tests. Considerable pore pressure increases have been measured during cyclic simple shear test which was …

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Seismotectonic Contours Of Kashmir-Hazara Region And Seismological Aspects Of October 08, 2005 Earthquake, Syed Kazim Mahdi May 2010

Seismotectonic Contours Of Kashmir-Hazara Region And Seismological Aspects Of October 08, 2005 Earthquake, Syed Kazim Mahdi

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During the wee hours of October 08, 2005, a devastating shallow focused (16.2 km) earthquake with moment magnitude of Mw 7.7 occurred in the Pakistan’s Kashmir Hazara Region. Its tremors were felt in a radius of over 1000 km with damages taking place in an area of 36000 sq km. More than 0.1 million people died and the rehabilitation of infrastructures damages are estimated to cost around five billion dollars. The Kashmir Hazara terrain is located on the NW margin of lesser Himalaya. The KHS is one of the bold tectonic scars which physically isolate this terrain from rest of …

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Static Load Induced Liquefaction, Steels Corners Road Embankment Failure, Mitchell W. Weber, Alexandre J. Bredikhin May 2010

Static Load Induced Liquefaction, Steels Corners Road Embankment Failure, Mitchell W. Weber, Alexandre J. Bredikhin

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A simple, roadway widening became significantly more expensive when geologic conditions conspired to complicate the project. The widening was to be accomplished by the construction of a 25-foot wide and 15-foot high embankment. The embankment was located adjacent to a “wetland” area and pond. Fill placement begin and a height of 7 feet was reached when operations ceased for the week. Work began two days later. A 400-foot long scarp formed and the fill “moved” nearly 4 feet vertically and 1-foot laterally. An initial suspicion of settlement due to compression of peat was dismissed when no organic deposits were found …

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2d Fem Analysis Of Earth And Rockfill Dams Under Seismic Condition, Prabir K. Basudhar, N.S.V. Kameswara Rao, M. Bhookya, Arindam Dey May 2010

2d Fem Analysis Of Earth And Rockfill Dams Under Seismic Condition, Prabir K. Basudhar, N.S.V. Kameswara Rao, M. Bhookya, Arindam Dey

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The paper pertains to the seismic analysis of earth and rockfill dams with the aid of MSC_ Nastran (Windows) package. After validation, the package has been used to investigate the dynamic response of Tehri Dam, located in the seismically active region of Himalayas. A 2D FEM analysis is adopted wherein the dam has been modeled as a linear, elastic, non-homogeneous material. The base acceleration data of the Bhuj Earthquake has been used as an input motion. Effect of Poisson’s ratio and the ratio of the canyon length to the height of the dam has been investigated and is reported. Acceleration-time …

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An Empirical Predictive Relationship For Assessing The Seismic Stability Of Slopes, Jongwon Lee, Russell A. Green, Rachel Finch May 2010

An Empirical Predictive Relationship For Assessing The Seismic Stability Of Slopes, Jongwon Lee, Russell A. Green, Rachel Finch

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The objective of the study presented herein is to develop an empirical predictive relationship for permanent relative displacements for use in assessing the seismic stability of slopes, dams, and/or embankments subjected to active shallow crustal earthquake motions. A total of 330 horizontal motions, recorded at rock sites during 29 earthquakes in active shallow crustal regions (e.g., western North America: WNA), were used in this study. For each motion, the permanent relative displacements were computed using the Newmark sliding block procedure for a suite of yield-accelerations: 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, and 0.20 g. The predictive relationship proposed herein was derived by performing …

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Effect Of Canyon Geometry And Ground Conditions On The Seismic Performance Of Tendaho Earthfill Dam In Ethiopia., Tensay G. Berhe, Wu Wei May 2010

Effect Of Canyon Geometry And Ground Conditions On The Seismic Performance Of Tendaho Earthfill Dam In Ethiopia., Tensay G. Berhe, Wu Wei

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The seismic performance of earth dams is usually studied by two dimensional (2D) space. However, considerable judgment is required to estimate the overall three dimensional dynamic response of dams in a narrow canyon from plane strain analyses of individual sections of the dam. This is so because the plane strain analysis normally ignores the arching effect of the valley which is particularly relevant for dams in narrow valleys. Because of the arching action, the effect of the canyon geometry on the dynamic response of earth dams will be a stiffening of the system. The effect of the canyon geometry is …

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Seismic Slope Stability Of Reactivated Landslides — A Performance Based Analysis, Binod Tiwari, Michael Hillman, Keyur Ajmera, Beena Ajmera May 2010

Seismic Slope Stability Of Reactivated Landslides — A Performance Based Analysis, Binod Tiwari, Michael Hillman, Keyur Ajmera, Beena Ajmera

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The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze the differences between the various methods of slope stability analysis with respect to the height of the water table, and earthquake excitation. This was achieved through analysis of a cross section of the 2005 Bluebird Canyon Landslide in Laguna Beach, California. The profile was analyzed with the slope stability analysis software Rocscience Slide, using eight different methods, varying the water table in two meter increments and the seismic coefficient in increments of one tenth. A total of 15 different water tables were used with 10 different seismic loadings, yielding a …

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The Effects Of Canyon Topography On Dynamic Stress Distribution In Earth Dams, Maryam Malekian, Amirata Taghavi, Mohammad Hassan Baziar, Shirin Salemi May 2010

The Effects Of Canyon Topography On Dynamic Stress Distribution In Earth Dams, Maryam Malekian, Amirata Taghavi, Mohammad Hassan Baziar, Shirin Salemi

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Limitations of computer storage capacity and high costs have generally restricted the use of numerical methods to two-dimensional dynamic analyses of earth dams. However, differences in canyon topographies in which the earth dams have been built may cause various constraining effects. Comparison between results of plane strain and three-dimensional dynamic analyses may reflect the site effects especially in narrow canyons. Consequently, considering the geometry of canyon, one may choose an appropriate method of dynamic analysis. This paper presents the effect of different canyon geometries on amount and distribution of induced dynamic stresses in plane strain and in three-dimensional analyses. These …

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Analytical Method For Seismic Bearing Capacity Of Stone-Column Reinforced Shallow Foundations, Javad Nazari Afshar, Mahmoud Ghazavi, Khashayar Hemmati May 2010

Analytical Method For Seismic Bearing Capacity Of Stone-Column Reinforced Shallow Foundations, Javad Nazari Afshar, Mahmoud Ghazavi, Khashayar Hemmati

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Stone-columns is a useful method for increasing bearing capacity and reducing settlement of foundation soil subjected to structure loading. For stone-column construction, 15 to 35 percent of weak soil volume is usually replaced with stone-column material. Such columns may be constructed with various diameters, lengths, and center-to-center distances. This paper presents a simple method to determine the seismic bearing capacity of stone-column reinforced shallow foundation. For this purpose, a simple failure surface is assumed to characterize the failure stage of the stone column and soil materials using the concept of lateral active and passive earth pressures. The well known Mononobe-Okabe …

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Computational Modeling Of A Large Pile Group Under Lateral Load, Jinchi Lu, Ahmed Elgamal, Charles Sikorsky, Thomas Shantz May 2010

Computational Modeling Of A Large Pile Group Under Lateral Load, Jinchi Lu, Ahmed Elgamal, Charles Sikorsky, Thomas Shantz

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The lateral load resistance of pile foundations is critically important to the design of structures that may be subjected to earthquakes. This paper presents computational modeling results of the response of a large pile group system under lateral load. The open-source platform OpenSees is employed to conduct a nonlinear 3-dimensional finite element analysis. The piles are modeled by beam-column elements, and rigid beam-column elements are used to model the pile size (diameter). In order to facilitate the pre- and post-processing phases, a recently developed user interface OpenSeesPL is employed. Distribution of load within the pile group is presented and the …

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Dynamic Response Of Pile Groups Embedded In Transversely Isotropic Media Using Hybrid Numerical Method, B. Ghadimi May 2010

Dynamic Response Of Pile Groups Embedded In Transversely Isotropic Media Using Hybrid Numerical Method, B. Ghadimi

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In this paper, the dynamic response of pile groups embedded in 3-D homogeneous transversely isotropic media subjected to time-harmonic vertical and horizontal loading is investigated. The response of pile groups is calculated by a novel method. This method is less complicated than boundary elements method (BEM) used in the most previous studies in this field. In the method the pile groups is discretized to some beam-column elements and radiation discs. The radiation discs represent the propagation of wave from piles to the unbounded soil medium. By calculating the dynamic stiffness of radiation discs and setting with beam-column elements, the dynamic …

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Earthquake Input Motions And Seismic Site Response In A Centrifuge Test Examining Sfsi Effects, Henry B. Mason, Jonathan D. Bray, Katherine C. Jones, Zhiqiang Chen, Tara C. Hutchinson, Nicholas W. Trombetta, Benjamin Y. Choy, Bruce L. Kutter, Gregg L. Fiegel, Jack Montgomery, Roshani J. Patel, Robert D. Reitherman, Chandrakanth Bolisetti, Andrew S. Whittaker May 2010

Earthquake Input Motions And Seismic Site Response In A Centrifuge Test Examining Sfsi Effects, Henry B. Mason, Jonathan D. Bray, Katherine C. Jones, Zhiqiang Chen, Tara C. Hutchinson, Nicholas W. Trombetta, Benjamin Y. Choy, Bruce L. Kutter, Gregg L. Fiegel, Jack Montgomery, Roshani J. Patel, Robert D. Reitherman, Chandrakanth Bolisetti, Andrew S. Whittaker

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This paper describes the ground motion selection process and reports observed seismic site response and SFSI effects during a dynamic centrifuge test (Test-1). The centrifuge test is the first in a series of tests examining the effects of SFSI in dense urban environments. The objective of Test-1 is to examine SFSI effects for two structures that are located a significant distance apart and essentially isolated. The model structures represent a three-story building founded on spread footings and a nine-story structure founded on a threestory basement. The structures are sited on a dry, dense bed of Nevada Sand. The centrifuge model …

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Effects Of Recorded Free-Field Motion On The Response Of Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects, Fereidoun Amini, Masoud Shadlou May 2010

Effects Of Recorded Free-Field Motion On The Response Of Buildings Considering Soil-Structure Interaction Effects, Fereidoun Amini, Masoud Shadlou

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One of the intents of this study is to demonstrate some lacking accurate results of seismic code for considering soil-foundationstructure interaction (SFSI) effects. The other objective of this study is to evaluate the effects of type of recorded motion on the response of moderately flexible building considering SFSI effects. The effects of SFSI, under plane-strain conditions, have been studied by substructure approach for buildings supported by rigid foundations on a homogeneous, isotropic and elastic half-space. 32 data motions recorded in Imperial Valley-06 (1979) earthquake are used to demonstrate some intents of this study. It can be concluded that if it …

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Experimental Soil - Foundation - Bridge Pier Interaction : Towards A Reversal Of Capacity Design, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Takis Georgarakos, Vasilis Drosos, George Gazetas May 2010

Experimental Soil - Foundation - Bridge Pier Interaction : Towards A Reversal Of Capacity Design, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Takis Georgarakos, Vasilis Drosos, George Gazetas

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This paper presents a new seismic design philosophy, which under-designs the foundation to act as a “fuse” in case of strong seismic shaking. A simplified bridge pier is used to illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of this new philosophy compared to conventional capacity design. For this purpose, two alternatives are compared : one with an over-designed foundation, in accordance with conventional capacity design (so that the plastic “hinge” develops in the superstructure), and one with under-designed foundation. The performance of the two alternatives is investigated through shaking table testing of reduced scale models, using real accelerograms and artificial sinusoidal motions. …

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Investigation Of Non-Uniform Pile Behaviour Under Torsional Harmonic Vibration, M. Ghazavi, M. Afzalirad May 2010

Investigation Of Non-Uniform Pile Behaviour Under Torsional Harmonic Vibration, M. Ghazavi, M. Afzalirad

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Pile foundations for machines and structures are often subjected to horizontal or vertical harmonic vibrations. However, in some situations, piles also experience torsional harmonic vibrations. While there are some research work on tapered piles imposed to horizontal or vertical harmonic vibrations, the response of such piles till now is lacking. In this study, the elasto-dynamic theory has been used to derive the governing differential equation on a tapered pile experiencing torsional harmonic vibration. In this approach, the pile is assumed the pile has circular cross sectional area and consists of elastic material. It is further assumed that there is sufficient …

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Investigation Of Vibration Caused By Traffic And Railway Load, Hadži-Niković D. Gordana, Ćorić B. Stanko May 2010

Investigation Of Vibration Caused By Traffic And Railway Load, Hadži-Niković D. Gordana, Ćorić B. Stanko

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Two examples related to investigation of vibrations in civil engineering structures are presented. In the first example it is shown how it is possible to decrease vibration in underground structures. These vibrations are caused by train load. It is shown by the results of presented dynamic analysis that the use of special elastomer is very important in engineering practice in order to decrease structural vibrations. Second example presents the foundation for special equipment - eletronic balances, which are very sensetive, even to small displacement. Presented dynamic analysis is related to the vibrations caused by heavy traffic load in order to …

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Natural Frequency Calculation Of A Pile-Soil System In Dry Sand Under An Earthquake Loading, Eui-Kyu Yang, Sun-Yong Kwon, Jung-In Choi, Myoung Mo Kim May 2010

Natural Frequency Calculation Of A Pile-Soil System In Dry Sand Under An Earthquake Loading, Eui-Kyu Yang, Sun-Yong Kwon, Jung-In Choi, Myoung Mo Kim

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A new method was proposed in this study to evaluate the natural frequency of a pile-soil system under earthquake loading using a simple mass-spring model. The diagonal, 4x4, mass matrix in the model consisted of concentrated masses of a pile and a superstructure. The flexural stiffness of the pile and the spring stiffness between the pile and the soil were used to construct the stiffness matrix in the model. These two matrices were then input in the frequency equation for calculating the natural frequency of the pile system. The spring stiffness between the pile and the soil, which considerably influences …

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Seismic Behavior Of Batter Pile Foundation: Kinematic Response, Takashi Tazoh, Masayoshi Sato, Jiho Jang, Yoichi Taji, George Gazetas May 2010

Seismic Behavior Of Batter Pile Foundation: Kinematic Response, Takashi Tazoh, Masayoshi Sato, Jiho Jang, Yoichi Taji, George Gazetas

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We carried out centrifuge tests to clarify the seismic behavior of batter-pile foundations. A vertical-pile foundation and a batter-pile foundation without the presence of a superstructure were installed parallel to each other in a soil container filled with dry sand, and were excited simultaneously. Through a comparison of the acceleration and displacement response of the footing, as well as the axial and bending strain of the piles for the two pile foundations, the kinematic response of the seismic behavior of the batter-pile foundation was experimentally investigated.

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Seismic Soil-Pile Interaction: Physical Processes And Analytical Models, Sanjeev Malhotra May 2010

Seismic Soil-Pile Interaction: Physical Processes And Analytical Models, Sanjeev Malhotra

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Seismic soil-pile-structure interaction (SSPSI) is a complex process involving several, simultaneously occurring and, sometimes compensating phenomena. The physical processes that occur in the soil when a pile supported structure undergoes earthquake loading consist of pore-pressure generation, ground deformation and subsequent cyclic degradation, strain rate effects and gap-slap mechanism. Modeling these physical phenomena numerically is a challenge. Of the various approaches available in practice, the p-y method for evaluating lateral pile response is by far the most common. However, at present, a consensus has not been established among practitioners on the appropriateness of using p-y curves for post-liquefaction analyses. This paper …

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Soil-Structure Interaction Of Soft Clay Using Prefabricated Vertical Geodrains Under Seismic Stresses, Manish V. Shah, Arvind V. Shroff May 2010

Soil-Structure Interaction Of Soft Clay Using Prefabricated Vertical Geodrains Under Seismic Stresses, Manish V. Shah, Arvind V. Shroff

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Experimental model study was carried out on soft Kaolinite clay using modified hydraulically pressurized oedometer with vertical sandwick of different diameter using open mandrel technique to investigate consolidation characteristics based on settlement and excess pore water pressure dissipation measurements. The main aim of this paper is to know the behavior of this consolidated mass under seismic stresses for different periods of time using shaking table.Pre and post shear strength of consolidated soil mass is evaluated using vane shear apparatus under seismic stresses. The interaction phenomena between clay and sandwick drain is also studied in oedometer to know stability of vertical …

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Design Of Bridges Against Seismic Faulting : Methodology And Applications, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Takis Georgarakos, Rallis Kourkoulis, George Gazetas May 2010

Design Of Bridges Against Seismic Faulting : Methodology And Applications, Ioannis Anastasopoulos, Takis Georgarakos, Rallis Kourkoulis, George Gazetas

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This paper presents a methodology for design of bridge–foundation systems against seismic faulting. The problem is decoupled in two steps. Step 1 deals with the response of a single bridge pier and its foundation subjected to faulting–induced deformation ; Step 2 deals with the detailed model of the superstructure, which is subjected to differential displacements computed in Step 1. We analyze typical viaduct and underpass bridges, founded on piles or caisson foundations. Piled foundations are found to be vulnerable to faulting– induced deformation. While end–bearing piles cannot really sustain any appreciable bedrock offset, floating piles may perform better, especially if …

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Diaphragm Walls Seismic Design According To The Eurocodes, José Matos E Silva May 2010

Diaphragm Walls Seismic Design According To The Eurocodes, José Matos E Silva

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Although one can think that it is very low the probability of a seism occurrence during the execution of an excavation in an urban lot protected by a diaphragm wall curtain, reality shows that whenever a seism occurs in an urban area several diaphragm walls will be affected by it. So it is advisable to consider the seismic action when designing a diaphragm wall curtain. The Eurocodes consider the seismic actions in Eurocode 8 (EC 8) and recommend the use of the Mononobe-Okabe method when dealing with soil retaining structures. The Eurocodes consider the possibility of each European country to …

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Discussions On Dynamic Interaction Between Piles And Large Particle Rockfill, Yohsuke Kawamata, Scott A. Ashford May 2010

Discussions On Dynamic Interaction Between Piles And Large Particle Rockfill, Yohsuke Kawamata, Scott A. Ashford

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A series of full-scale laterally loaded pile tests were conducted at the University of California, San Diego in 2007 in order to obtain a better understanding about pile-rockfill interaction for seismic design of port facilities. The project was composed of three experiments where the cyclic lateral loads were cyclically applied at the heads of the piles fully instrumented using a hydraulic actuator. Comparing the experimental and numerical results, assessments of p-y curves used for current design practice were performed. As a result, it was found that the soil pile springs currently used for design gave much lower lateral resistance than …

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Seismic Fragility Analysis For Sheet Pile Wharves — Case Study Of The Hualien Harbor In Taiwan, Yung-Yen Ko, Ho-Hsiung Yang, Cheng-Hsing Chen May 2010

Seismic Fragility Analysis For Sheet Pile Wharves — Case Study Of The Hualien Harbor In Taiwan, Yung-Yen Ko, Ho-Hsiung Yang, Cheng-Hsing Chen

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The seismic fragility curves represent the conditional probabilities that the structural damage meets or exceeds the specified damage states at various levels of the ground motion parameters, such as peak ground acceleration (PGA). In this study, the seismic fragility analysis for the sheet pile wharves of the Hualien Harbor in Taiwan was performed. The finite element analysis software PLAXIS was adopted for the nonlinear dynamic analysis. The time histories of several representative earthquake events that actually occurred in Taiwan, including the 1999 Chi-Chi Earthquake, were scaled to various PGA levels as the input motions. Then the seismic responses of the …

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Calibration Of Soil Amplification Factors For Real-Time Ground-Motion Scenarios In Italy, Simone Barani, Roberto De Ferrari, Gabriele Ferretti, Daniele Spallarossa May 2010

Calibration Of Soil Amplification Factors For Real-Time Ground-Motion Scenarios In Italy, Simone Barani, Roberto De Ferrari, Gabriele Ferretti, Daniele Spallarossa

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This study deals with the calibration of soil amplification factors to be used for generating site-specific, real-time (or quasi real-time) ground-motion scenarios in Italy. To this end, the ground response of 100 soil profiles is studied through 1-dimensional (1D) equivalent-linear numerical simulations. Several real, rock ground-motion time histories, grouped into different peak ground acceleration (PGA) classes, are driven through the models of the soil columns. Soil amplification factors are then calculated using different definitions, either as the ratio of the spectral acceleration at the surface to the spectral acceleration at the rock outcrop or by dividing the (acceleration or pseudo-velocity) …

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Evaluating Seismicity Parameters Of Sanandaj, Iran Based On Instrumental Earthquakes, Kaveh Andisheh, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Motaza Taghizadeh May 2010

Evaluating Seismicity Parameters Of Sanandaj, Iran Based On Instrumental Earthquakes, Kaveh Andisheh, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Motaza Taghizadeh

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The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the seismic parameters of Sanandaj, Iran. For this reason, at first, all the occurred instrumental earthquakes (1900-2006) in a radius of 200 km of Sanandaj city have been gathered. After elimination of the aftershocks and foreshocks, the main earthquakes were taken into consideration to calculate the seismic parameters by Gutenberg-Richter method, cumulative distribution functions, and Kijko-Sellevoll approach. This paper aims at estimation of seismicity parameters based on the seismic events and the relation between the cumulative frequency of earthquake occurrence and its magnitude. For this purpose the variable windows in time …

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Uniform Seismic Hazard Spectra Of Sanandaj, Iran, Kaveh Andisheh, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Seyed Ali Razavian Amrei May 2010

Uniform Seismic Hazard Spectra Of Sanandaj, Iran, Kaveh Andisheh, Gholamreza Ghodrati Amiri, Seyed Ali Razavian Amrei

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This paper presents uniform seismic hazard spectra of Sanandaj city of Iran. Sanandaj is the administrative center of Kurdistan province, in which more than 500,000 people live in. A collected catalogue, containing both historical and instrumental events and covering the period from the 10th century BC to the year 2006, is used. Then seismic sources and The seismotectonic model of the considered region have been modeled within the radius of 200 km and recurrence relationship is established. After elimination of the aftershocks and foreshocks, the main earthquakes were taken into consideration to calculate the seismic parameters. For this purpose the …

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Earthquake Induced Excess Pore Water Pressures In The Upper San Fernando Dam During The 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Timothy D. Stark May 2010

Earthquake Induced Excess Pore Water Pressures In The Upper San Fernando Dam During The 1971 San Fernando Earthquake, Abouzar Sadrekarimi, Timothy D. Stark

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The excess pore water pressure developed in the Upper San Fernando Dam during the 1971 San Fernando Earthquake has been evaluated in several studies. Almost all of these studies indicate large excess pore pressure ratios developed only in the upstream and downstream shells which are not consistent with the limited deformation of the dam and the piezometer responses during the earthquake. In this paper, the construction and field observations of the behavior of the Upper San Fernando Dam are reviewed and a simple approach involving Newmark’s (1965) and Makdisi-Seed’s (1978) permanent deformation and limit equilibrium slope stability analyses are used …

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