... seismic engineering soil structure interaction A full foundation contact area A c critical contact area at bearing capacity failure B foundation width in the direction of loading B c effective footing width corresponding to A c...

... by Fujii (1991) . In the 1980s, researchers in the US and Japan made considerable efforts to develop electrohydraulic actuators (e.g., Kutter et al., 1994 ; Takemura et al., 1989). centrifuge modelling dynamics earthquakes geotechnical engineering model tests seismic...

... piles was 1.00 m, and the shear span, main bar diameter and hoop pitch were varied. piles & piling seismic engineering UN SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities Massive earthquakes have struck Japan in the past few decades, such as the 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture earthquake...

... period. 01 11 2018 24 05 2019 ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2019 centrifuge modelling seismic engineering slopes The geomorphological nature of the sea floor, with steep slopes, canyons and associated drainage features, plays an important role in the seismic...

... the front edge. ICE Publishing: All rights reserved 2018 retaining walls sea defences seismic engineering The devastation to coastal communities caused by earthquake and tsunami loadings in recent times has made clear the responsibility on the modern engineer to protect populations...

... engineering seismic engineering shallow foundations The concept of soil–structure interaction (SSI) was introduced almost 40 years ago (Luco and Contesse, 1973). Despite the extensive research on the subject (a comprehensive summary can be found in Kausel, 2010 or Sieffert and Cevaer, 1995...

... environment, where there is limited space available around an existing building. This method can be used to improve the foundations and reduce the seismic vulnerability of the building. This research won the ‘best paper award’ at the conference. foundations models (physics) seismic engineering...

... foundations that are smaller than those produced by conventional design approaches (aiming to prevent inelastic foundation response). This relies on adequate characterisation of the moment–rotation pushover response of the system. geotechnical engineering research & development seismic...

... (g represents the Earth’s gravity). piles & piling seismic engineering soil–structure interaction During seismic events or underground explosions, the piles supporting superstructures undergo two types of loadings: kinematic interaction and inertial interaction. Kinematic...

...·110 D₅₀ (mm) 0·590 0·175 e_max 0·829 1·014 e_min 0·491 0·614 φ crit (°) 31 33 models (physical) piles & piling seismic engineering All of these methods are carried out at 1 g...