Advances in geotechnical earthquake engineering
Subtitle: soil liquefaction and seismic safety of dams and monuments
By: edited by Abbas Moustafa
Publisher: InTech
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Rijeka, Croatia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789535100256
Subjects: Earthquake engineering
Description: This book sheds lights on recent advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering with special emphasis on soil liquefaction, soil-structure interaction, seismic safety of dams and underground monuments, mitigation strategies against landslide and fire whirlwind resulting from earthquakes and vibration of a layered rotating plant and Bryan's effect. The book contains sixteen chapters covering several interesting research topics written by researchers and experts from several countries. The research reported in this book is useful to graduate students and researchers working in the fields of structural and earthquake engineering. The book will also be of considerable help to civil engineers working on construction and repair of engineering structures, such as buildings, roads, dams and monuments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.