Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering / Edition 1

by Ikuo Towhata

Overview

This book is a product of my long-term activities in both education and research. Its publication was made possible by a financial support supplied by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology. As for education, I was told for the first time in 1985 to teach soil dynamics in Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. I collected experimental and field findings from many publications and made a small series of handouts. Since computer technologies were not well advanced in mid 80s, the handouts were products of cut-and-paste in the physical sense. Many pages were even handwritten. Afterwards, I started to teach the same subject in 1995 at University of Tokyo. Since then I have added more information from field investigation and laboratory tests as well as analyses. It has become possible to put all in an electronic media that makes teaching easier. Readers can find that this book includes Japanese writing among English text. This is because I use this text for teaching in Tokyo. The main aim of this book is a collection of data which is useful in understanding the state-of-art technology and its application to new topics. Understanding the fundamental issues is important because practice makes use of many assumptions, hypotheses, and way of thinking. It has been my policy to show reasons why practice employs those ideas by showing experimental and field backgrounds. This idea does not change even today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642071454
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/16/2010
Series:	Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
Pages:	684
Product dimensions:	8.20(w) x 11.60(h) x 1.60(d)

Table of Contents

1 KNOWLEDGE OF SOIL MECHANICS.- Basic Principles in Soil Mechanics.- 2 PROBLEMS CONCERNING SHAKING OF SOFT GROUND UNDERGOING EARTHQUAKE LOADING.- Seismological Knowledge.- Wave Propagation in Elastic Medium.- Earthquake Effects.- Dynamic Response Analysis.- Pseudostatic Limit Equilibrium Analysis.- Field Investigation.- Dynamic Response of Complex-Modulus Model.- Laboratory Tests on Dynamic Properties of Soils.- Stress-Strain Models.- Application of Seismic Inertia Force.- Seismic Force Exerted on Structures.- Seismic Behavior of Slopes and Embankments.- Landslides.- Seismic Faults.- 3 LIQUEFACTION.- Features of Liquefaction-Induced Damages.- Mechanism of Onset of Liquefaction.- Assessment of Liquefaction Potential.- Behavior of Soil Undergoing Cyclic Undrained Loading.- In-Situ Tests on Liquefaction Potential of Subsoils.- Postliquefaction Behavior of Sandy Ground.- Immediate Detection of Liquefaction Damage and Emergency Action.- Permanent Displacement and Deformation of Liquefied Subsoil.- Prediction of Permanent Displacement Due to Liquefaction.- Mitigation of Liquefaction-Induced Damage.- Seismic Microzonation.

Editorial Reviews

From the reviews:

"This book … is an encyclopedic assemblage of basic and practical science on state-of-the-art engineering technology dealing with the behavior of earth materials subject to earthquakes and derivative effects. … Hundreds of graphs, charts, and mathematical relationships are skillfully integrated with the text and photographs. This volume is truly monumental. It should be in the libraries of all geotechnical engineers and engineering geologists. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through professional collections." (T. L. T. Grose, Choice, Vol. 46 (2), October, 2008)

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