Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (Springer Series in Geomechanics and Geoengineering) by Ikuo Towhata
English | Dec 16, 2010 | ISBN: 3642071457, 3540357823 | 684 Pages | PDF | 37 MB
English | Dec 16, 2010 | ISBN: 3642071457, 3540357823 | 684 Pages | PDF | 37 MB
This fascinating new book examines the issues of earthquake geotechnical engineering in a comprehensive way. It summarizes the present knowledge on earthquake hazards and their causative mechanisms as well as a number of other relevant topics. Information obtained from earthquake damage investigation (such as ground motion, landslides, earth pressure, fault action, or liquefaction) as well as data from laboratory tests and field investigation is supplied, together with exercises/questions.