Geotechnology Compendium I (Elsevier Civil Engineering Compendium)
Publisher: Elsevier Science
Published: March 6, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780080440958
Subjects: Environmental Engineering & Technology; Soil Mechanics; Technology; Science; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Engineering - Civil; General; Science / Geology
First sentence: Following the 1971 San Fernando earthquake, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) identified 1250 bridges as having vulnerable expansion joint hinges susceptible to collapse due to seismic response beyond the available seat widths [1,2].