The simulation of structural and geotechnical systems is a critical step in their design and assessment. The purpose of an earthquake simulation is to estimate the performance of the system under seismic excitation or loads that represent the effects of an earthquake. Structural and geotechnical simulation has a long history of development in earthquake engineering. The computation required to ...

Blast-induced seismic wave is very important to theory study of structure damage and stability analysis of corresponding geotechnical engineering; however it is not well solved. Based on measured data of Lafarge quarry, shortcoming of traditional analysis method is pointed out. Wavelet analysis method is presented to describe spectral characteristics and energy distribution of blast-induced sei...

Modern ground-water flow models, geotechnical studies, and science-based land-use planning require knowledge of the distribution of surficial earth materials from land surface to the top of bedrock (e.g., Masterson and others, 1997a,). To be useful, modern geologic maps must portray such information three dimensionally in a way that is consistent with the regional stratigraphic framework, geote...

This paper considers the uncertainties in geotechnical parameters of earth fill structures, s pecifically their spatial variability. The use of random field theory will be introduced, in conjunction with the stochastic finite element method, to describe and m odel the uncertainty in geotechnical properties of compacted soil masses. The paper focuses on the imp ortance of the use of conditional ...

1 Professor, Department of Civil Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 USA, Phone: 520-621-2145, Fax: 520621-2145: [email protected] & Guest Professor, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, ETH Hönggerberg, Zurich. Abstract  In this paper, interactive animations are used to enhance presentation of difficult engineering topics. Teaching pedagogies and ...

The aim of this paper is to discuss issues based on foundation design in conjunction with partial factor format for the future development of foundation design codes. That the resistance factor approach is superior to the material factor approach in practical terms for foundation design is concluded. Then, a common procedure from geotechnical investigation/ testing to determine the design geote...

Comprehensive geotechnical modelling of the behaviour of piles generally encounters setbacks: in preparing model bed simulating field conditions, of specific and uniform shear strength, and reproduction for repetitions. Due to such limitations in traditional practices, information on the complex mechanism of shaft-base resistance interaction is not adequately known. Other outcomes are: varied r...

Through coming into force of the Concrete Construction Technical Regulations [1], to the European standards were also added [2] and [3] (Attachment I.4, Standards) in civil engineering, i.e. construction and geotechnical regulations. Based on this, a need appeared for revising current technical regulations [4] and critical view of new standards. A certain number of comparable analyses on as lar...