Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering Design

PART I: SITE CHARACTERISATION AND SITE AMPLIFICATION 1 Spatially constrained inversion of surface wave data to build shear wave Velocity models S. Foti, L.V. Socco 2 Site Classification and spectral amplification for seismic code provisions A. Anastasiadis, E. Riga PART II: LIQUEFACTION 3 Sand Liquefaction observed during recent earthquake and Basic Laboratory Studies on Aging effect T. Kokusho, Y. Nagao, F. Ito, T. Fukuyama 4 Liquefaction In Tokyo Bay And Kanto Regions In The 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake K. Ishihara, K. Araki 5 Allowable settlement and inclination of houses defined after the 2011 Tohoku - Pacific Ocean Earthquake in Japan S. Yasuda PART III: RIVER LEVEES AND DAMS 6 Seismic Performances of River Levees Experience and Prediction I. Towhata 7 Earthquake Performance Design of Dams using Destructive Potential Factors G. R. Saragoni PART IV: FOUNDATIONS AND SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION 8 Seismic responses of shallow footings: a promising application for the macro- Element approach C. di Prisco, R., M. Maugeri 9 Large-Scale Modeling of Ground and Soil-Structure Earthquake Response K. Kim , A. Elgamal , G. Petropoulos , A. Askan , J. Bielak, G. L. Fenves 10 Seismic displacement based design of structures: relevance of soil structure interaction G. M. Calvi, M. Cecconi , R. Paolucci PART V: UNDERGROUND STRUCTURES 11 Performance and seismic design of underground structures K. Pitilakis, G. Tsinidis PART VI: SPECIAL TOPICS 12 Reinforced Soil Walls during the Recent Great Earthquakes in Japan and Geo- Risk based Design Y. Miyata 13 Performances Based Seismic Design of Geosynthetic Barriers for Waste Containment E. Kavazanjian, M. Arab, P. Fox, N. Matasovic