Recent advances in non-linear site response analysis

Y Hashash, C Phillips, DR Groholski - 2010 - scholarsmine.mst.edu
Studies of earthquakes over the last 50 years and the examination of dynamic soil behavior
reveal that soil behavior is highly nonlinear and hysteretic even at small strains. Non-linear …

Effects of activated carbon on liquefaction resistance of calcareous sand treated with microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation

Y Shan, J Zhao, H Tong, J Yuan, D Lei, Y Li - Soil Dynamics and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Microbially induced calcium carbonate precipitation (MICP) is a new, natural,
environmentally friendly treatment method for soil foundations, which can improve the …

Modification of clayey soils using scrap tire rubber and synthetic fibers

S Akbulut, S Arasan, E Kalkan - Applied Clay Science, 2007 - Elsevier
A number of studies have been conducted recently to investigate the influence of randomly
oriented fibers on the geotechnical behavior of grained soils. However, very few studies …

Non-linear one-dimensional seismic ground motion propagation in the Mississippi embayment

YMA Hashash, D Park - Engineering Geology, 2001 - Elsevier
Deep unconsolidated deposits of the Mississippi Embayment overlie the New Madrid
Seismic Zone, considered the most seismically active zone in the Eastern US. The deposits …

Load transfer mechanisms between underground structure and surrounding ground: evaluation of the failure of the Daikai station

H Huo, A Bobet, G Fernández… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2005 - ascelibrary.org
The Daikai Station, a cut and cover structure in the subway system in Kobe, collapsed during
the Hyogoken-Nambu earthquake of January 17, 1995 in Japan. The Daikai Station is the …

Seismic slope behavior in a large-scale shaking table model test

ML Lin, KL Wang - Engineering Geology, 2006 - Elsevier
In this research large-scale shaking table model tests were conducted to study slope
behavior under earthquake conditions. The model slope was installed into a model box with …

Prediction of secant shear modulus and damping ratio for an extremely dilative silica sand based on machine learning techniques

A Baghbani, T Choudhury, P Samui, S Costa - Soil Dynamics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
A better understanding of soil response to dynamic loads, including earthquakes, can result
in safer designs that can reduce casualties. The damping ratio and shear modulus are …

Viscous damping formulation and high frequency motion propagation in non-linear site response analysis

YMA Hashash, D Park - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2002 - Elsevier
Non-linear time domain site response analysis is widely used in evaluating local soil effects
on propagated ground motion. This approach has generally provided good estimates of field …

Simple shear behavior of calcareous and quartz sands

HG Brandes - Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, 2011 - Springer
The monotonic and cyclic simple shear behavior of several loose skeletal calcareous sands
is investigated and compared to that of common Nevada and Ottawa quartz sands in order …

[PDF][PDF] Guidelines for performing hazard-consistent one-dimensional ground response analysis for ground motion prediction

JP Stewart, K Afshari, YMA Hashash - PEER report, 2014 - researchgate.net
Along with source and path effects, site response analysis is a vital component of
earthquake ground motion prediction. Semi-empirical ground motion prediction equations …