Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering SDEE 91, Karlsruhe, Germany, 23-26 September 1991.

The majority of the cases of earthquake damage to buildings, bridges, and other retaining structures are influenced by soil and ground conditions. To address such phenomena, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering is the appropriate discipline. This textbook presents the fundamentals of Soil Dynamics, combined with the basic principles, theories and methods of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. It is designed for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in Civil Engineering & Architecture. The text will also be useful to young faculty members, practising engineers and consultants. Besides, teachers will find it a useful reference for preparation of lectures and for designing short courses in Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering. The book first presents the theory of vibrations and dynamics of elastic system as well as the fundamentals of engineering seismology. With this background, the readers are introduced to the characteristics of Strong Ground Motion, and Deterministic and Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis. The risk analysis and the reliability process of geotechnical engineering are presented in detail. An in-depth study of dynamic soil properties and the methods of their determination provide the basics to tackle the dynamic soil–structure interaction problems. Practical problems of dynamics of beam–foundation systems, dynamics of retaining walls, dynamic earth pressure theory, wave propagation and liquefaction of soil are treated in detail with illustrative examples.

Annotation Edited versions of some of the papers presented at the Sixth International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering held in Bath, UK in June 1993. The volume includes new and advanced ideas in soil dynamics and earthquake engineering theory and practice, and covers the excitation and propagation of dynamic waves in the ground, the determination of dynamic properties of soil and rocks, and the behavior of structures under dynamic loads. The work is aimed at a better understanding of dynamical ground-structure interaction and at enhancing the combined efforts of geophysics, soil, rock, and structural dynamics in the reduction of risks to people and structures in civil and mining engineering. A special section of the volume presents papers on the Hagia Sophia in Turkey. No subject index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

This book comprises the select peer-reviewed proceedings of the Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC) 2021. The contents focus on Geotechnics for Infrastructure Development and Innovative Applications. The book covers topics related to parameters of soil, liquefaction evaluation of subsoil strata, analysis of earth and development of shear wave velocity profile, seismic hazard analysis, vibration isolation methods, application of machine learning in geotechnical engineering, among others. This volume will be of interest to those in academia and industry.

The papers in this volume illustrate issues and opportunities confronting geologists as they bring their knowledge and understanding to bear in matters related to public health and welfare.