Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook
by: Robert W. Day
Abstract: Provides in-depth earthquake engineering analysis as applied to soils. Includes worked-out problems illustrating earthquake analyses and current seismic codes.
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Table of Contents
- A. PREFACE
- B. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. BASIC EARTHQUAKE PRINCIPLES
- 3. COMMON EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS
- 4. EARTHQUAKE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
- 5. SITE INVESTIGATION FOR GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- 6. LIQUEFACTION
- 7. EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SETTLEMENT
- 8. BEARING CAPACITY ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 9. SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 10. RETAINING WALL ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 11. OTHER GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ANALYSES
- 12. GRADING AND OTHER SOIL IMPROVEMENT METHODS
- 13. FOUNDATION ALTERNATIVES TO MITIGATE EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS
- 14. EARTHQUAKE PROVISIONS IN BUILDING CODES
- A. GLOSSARIES
- B. EQSEARCH, EQFAULT, AND FRISKSP COMPUTER PROGRAMS
- C. CONVERSION FACTORS
- D. EXAMPLE OF A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT DEALING WITH EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- E. SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS
- F. REFERENCES
- G. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
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Expanded Table of Contents
- A. PREFACE
- B. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- 1. INTRODUCTION
- 2. BASIC EARTHQUAKE PRINCIPLES
- 3. COMMON EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS
- 4. EARTHQUAKE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE
- 5. SITE INVESTIGATION FOR GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- 6. LIQUEFACTION
- 7. EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED SETTLEMENT
- 8. BEARING CAPACITY ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 9. SLOPE STABILITY ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 10. RETAINING WALL ANALYSES FOR EARTHQUAKES
- 11. OTHER GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING ANALYSES
- 12. GRADING AND OTHER SOIL IMPROVEMENT METHODS
- 13. FOUNDATION ALTERNATIVES TO MITIGATE EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS
- 14. EARTHQUAKE PROVISIONS IN BUILDING CODES
- A. GLOSSARIES
- B. EQSEARCH, EQFAULT, AND FRISKSP COMPUTER PROGRAMS
- C. CONVERSION FACTORS
- D. EXAMPLE OF A GEOTECHNICAL REPORT DEALING WITH EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
- E. SOLUTION TO PROBLEMS
- F. REFERENCES
- G. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Book Details
Title: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook
Publisher: McGRAW-HILL: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, New Delhi, San Juan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Toronto
Copyright / Pub. Date: 2002 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
ISBN: 9780071377829
Authors:
Robert W. Day is the author of this McGraw-Hill Professional publication.
Description: Provides in-depth earthquake engineering analysis as applied to soils. Includes worked-out problems illustrating earthquake analyses and current seismic codes.
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