...Seyed Omid Khamesi, MSc; Seyed Majdeddin Mir Mohammad Hosseini, PhD Several investigations have shown that structures with rocking foundations bring more stability and fewer instances of post-earthquake damage to superstructures by dissipating seismic energy within the underlying soils...

... area of central Iran, were considered under a historical earthquake (M = 6.4). Kinematic analyses showed that two tectonic blocks of the mine – BL1 and BL2 – are susceptible to wedge and planar failures, respectively. The 2D and 3D static analyses showed that both blocks are stable...

...D MUIR WOOD; D M WOOD; SECED; AFPS SOILS DEFORMATION PERMANENT EARTHQUAKES DESIGN STRUCTURES INTERACTION DYNAMIC SEISMIC FOUNDATIONS BRIDGES WALLS RETAINING PILES RESPONSES LIQUEFACTION PERFORMANCE GEOTECHNICS MATERIALS MODELLING MODELS SOIL PROPERTIES NUMERICAL...

...K SOGA © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY EARTHQUAKES SOILS LIQUEFACTION EFFECT DAMAGE FILL MATERIALS GROUND SETTLEMENT PORTS QUAYS WALLS CONCRETE CAISSONS DISPLACEMENT PILES WAREHOUSES STRUCTURES FRACTURE MOVEMENT SUBSIDENCE SITES IMPROVEMENT...

...J PAPPIN; J RAMSEY; E BOOTH; Z LUBKOWSKI; DASYS © Thomas Telford and ICE 1998 OVE ARUP PILES SEISMIC RESPONSES DESIGN STUDIES SOILS SOFT DEFORMATION EARTHQUAKES STRUCTURES WAREHOUSES BRIDGES JETTIES METHODS ANALYSIS PILING MODELLING MATHEMATICAL MODELS SHEAR...

...R S STEEDMAN Seismic design of retaining walls R. S. Steedman, BSc, MPhil, PhD, CEng, FICE, FRSA Proc. Instn Civ. Engrs Geotech. Engng, 1998, 131, Jan., 12±22 j Field evidence of the behaviour of retaining walls in recent earthquakes has continued to show a wide range of performance, implying...