Perspectives on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering In Honour of Prof. Kenji Ishihara /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ansal, Atilla (Editor), Sakr, Mohamed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 37
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Natural disasters.; Geotechnical engineering.; Civil engineering.; Earth Sciences.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Natural Hazards.; Civil Engineering.

This book offers a broad perspective on important topics in earthquake geotechnical engineering and gives specialists and those that are involved with research and application a more comprehensive understanding about the various topics. Consisting of eighteen chapters written by authors from the mos...

Table of Contents:

• Geotechnical damage in the downstream reaches of the Tone river in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake
• Amplification Effects of Thin Soft Surface Layers: A Study for NBCC 2015
• New design spectra in Eurocode 8 and preliminary application to the seismic risk of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Incorporating Site Response into Seismic Hazard Assessments for Critical Facilities: A Probabilistic Approach
• Stress Scaling Factors For Seismic Soil Liquefaction Engineering Problems: A Performance-Based Approach
• Site amplification formula using Average Vs in equivalent surface layer based on vertical array strong motion records
• Observations from Istanbul vertical arrays and site specific response analysis
• Combined failure mechanism of a breakwater subject to Tsunami during 2011 East Japan Earthquake
• Lessons Learned From Dams Behavior Under Recent Earthquakes
• Nonlinear dynamic analyses of liquefaction effects on dams
• The Effects of Liquefaction on Earthquake Ground Motions
• Shaking model tests on liquefaction mitigation of embedded lifeline
• Effect of Long Duration of the Main Shock and a Big Aftershock on the Liquefaction-Induced Damage During the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake
• Liquefaction Observed During the 2010 Chile Earthquake
• A Case Study of Silty Sand Liquefaction- 2010 Hsin Hwa Liquefaction in Taiwan
• Post-earthquake analysis for a seismic retrofitting: the case history of a piled foundation in Augusta (Italy)
• Pile design in laterally spreading soil: Feedback from numerical predictions and model test results
• Integrating use of Swedish weight sounding tests for earthquake reconnaissance investigations.