...Q. Cai; B. Xiang; C. W. W. Ng; K. S. Wong; X. Chen; Y. Zhuang Although different kinds of foundations have been investigated against an earthquake faulting, the interaction between pile group and dip–slip fault has not yet been fully understood. This paper investigates the interaction between piled...

... of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. centrifuge modelling earthquakes standards & codes of practice 2 K h = 0 ⋅ 15 N ave ( N / cm...

... rights reserved 2018 earthquakes liquefaction model tests The 10 cm thick layers were prepared by the air-pluviation method through a sand hopper with an adjustable opening, which allows a constant flow rate of falling material. Water was then filled with low discharge in the soil container...

... stiffness and maximum closure under loading/unloading processes at different joint thicknesses To characterise the wave transmission of the filled joint, the transmission coefficient T_p is defined as earthquakes laboratory tests rocks/rock mechanics seismicity Fig...

...C.-G. Sun; H.-I Cho; H.-S. Kim; D.-S. Kim A site classification scheme and design response spectra (DRS) were implemented in July 2017 as a part of new minimum requirements for general seismic design in Korea. However, verification using the 2016 Gyeongju earthquake, the largest earthquake...

... ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2017 earthquakes geology temperature effects The data used in this paper were carefully selected from a number of reviews, which (1) were original measurement data for basalt without amendment or any other processing and (2) contained four or more...

... * H denotes wall height. † Detailed in the technical standards for ports and harbour facilities in Japan (MOT, 1999). MHA values at each depth in the backfill during earthquake excitations were obtained by accelerometers buried in the soil as shown in Fig. 3 . The residual horizontal...

...B. Han; Z. Yang; L. Zdravkovic; S. Kontoe In this paper, the non-linear behaviour of gravelly soils under seismic compressional deformation is investigated based on the KiK-net downhole array earthquake observations in Japan. By comparing the amplification spectra between the vertical response...

... the clay and nine-layered soil strata was located at the intersection of the bedrock fault plane and the ground surface, independent of the boundary condition. 01 05 2015 28 05 2015 07 07 2015 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2015 centrifuge modelling earthquakes ground...

...A. Pain; D. Choudhury; S. K. Bhattacharyya Seismic stability analysis is an important aspect in the design of safe retaining walls in earthquake-prone areas. In this study, the limit equilibrium method is used for sliding stability analysis of a gravity retaining wall supporting cohesionless...

... are prime parameters that affect ground response. Many destructive earthquakes that occurred in the past (e.g. Bhuj 2001, Bingol 2003, Kashmir 2005, Haiti 2010, Tohoku 2011, Van 2011 and Yunnan 2012) clearly illustrate the effects of local soils on damage severity and pattern. The Indian sub-continent has...

...M. Pender; L. Wotherspoon; M. Cubrinovski; E. Bowman; R. Orense A most significant effect of the M_w 7·1 Darfield earthquake of 4 September 2010 was widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading in the eastern parts of the city of Christchurch and the surrounding region. Large...

... , for accelerometer Acc 1 placed on the shake table base 10 5 2011 30 6 2011 12 7 2011 ICE Publishing: all rights reserved 2011 earthquakes failure model tests reinforced soils retaining wall strain localisation Geosynthetic-reinforced soil (GRS) walls constructed...