LIQUEFACTION ENGINEERING
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/liquefaction.html
Educational Hyperlinks and data
- The Soil Liquefaction Web Site, is developed by Jorgen Johansson under the supervision of Professor Steven L. Kramer of the University of Washington. It contains up-to-date information on soil liquefaction and uses the videos and photos.
- Youd, Hansen, and Corbett 2002 database of Liquefaction-induced lateral spreads. Revised MLR Equations for Prediction of Lateral Spread Displacement, ASCE, Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, accepted for publication February 21, 2002. Available by Professor L. Youd's personal website.
Free Books and Papers
- Seed, R.B., Cetin, K.O., Moss, R.E.S., Kammerer, A., Wu, J., Pestana, J. and Riemer, M. (2001) Recent Advances in Soil Liquefaction Engineering and Seismic Site Response Evaluation, Fourth International Conference and Symposium On Recent Advances In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering And Soil Dynamics, Paper SPL-2, March 26, San Diego, CA USA. Available from Annie Kammerer's site.
- Liquefaction analysis of level and sloping ground using field case histories and penetration resistance, PhD thesis of Scott M. Olson under the supervision of Prof. Timothy D. Stark, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champain.
- DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Liquefaction Hazards in California. The publication is available for free by the Southern California Earthquake Center.
- Andrianopoulos I.K., Bouckovalas G.D. & Papadimitriou A.G., [2001]. "A Critical State evaluation of fines effect on liquefaction potential". Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics And Symposium in Honor of Professor W.D. Liam Finn, San Diego, California, March 26-31, 2001. Available by Professor Bouckovalas' website.
EARTHQUAKE EVENTS & RECONNAISANC REPORTS
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/earthquakes.html
Colima, Mexico earthquake, January 21, 2003 (Mw = 7.8, USGS)
- Website summarizing the the findings of the NSF-sponsored reconnaisance team on the geotechnical aspects of the event. Available by the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Server.
Denali Fault ALASKA earthquake, Sunday, November 3, 2002, (M=7.9)
- Preliminary web-based report by the USGS Earthquake Hazard program. Excellent resources and photos.
- Photos provided by Shannon & Wilson. Also includes photos of liquefaction with gravel ejecta.
- Earthquake Intensity map, provided by USGS.
- Information provided by the Alaska Earthquake Information Center, Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Geotechnical Engineering Reconnaissance of the November 3, 2002 Mw7.9 Denali Earthquake, Alaska, prepared by Robert Kayen, Nicholas Sitar, Gary Carver, Brian Collins, Robb Moss. supported by NSF, UC Berkeley and USGS. Available by the EERC website.
- Molise earthquake, 2002 Italy, (10-31-2002 // 11-01-2002)
Photos available from different impacted areas,provided by Professor Filippo Santucci de Magistris, University of Napoli Federico II, Science and Technology College.
- Seismicity and other information regarding the Molise earthquake, provided by the Instituto Nazionale di Geophysica i Vulcanologia. Professor Filippo Santucci de Magistris informed us about the existence of the site.
Bhuj, India 2001
- Mw 7.7 earthquake in India on January 26, 2001,NSF Reconnaisance team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)
Nisqually Earthquake, Washington, 2001 (28-2-2001)
- Some Observations of Geotechnical Aspects of the February 28, 2001, Nisqually Earthquake in Olympia, South Seattle, and Tacoma, Washington, A report sponsored by the National Science Foundation, Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center. Link suggested by Annie Kammerer
Mexico 1999
- Preliminary report on the geotechnical engineering aspects of the June 15 and June 21, 1999, Mexico, Earthquakes of the churches, J. M. Pestana, M. J. Mendoza, J. M. Mayoral, R. E. S. Moss, R.B. Sancio, R. B. Seed, J. D. Bray, and M. P. Romo.
Kocaeli, Turkey 1999
- KOCAELI (TURKEY) EARTHQUAKE Report of the Japans Society of Civil Engineers
- Ms 7.8 earthquake in Turkey on August 17, 1999 ,NSF Reconnaisance team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)
- Documenting Incidents of Ground Failure Resulting from the August 17, 1999 Kocaeli,Turkey Earthquake, Online description and data of the geotechnical investigation, hosted by PEER, Collaborative Research by U.C. Berkeley, Brigham Young Univ., and UCLA with ZETAS, Sakarya Univ., and Middle East Technical Univ.
Izmit, Turkey Earthquake 1999
- Mw 7.1 earthquake in Turkey on November 12, 1999, NSF Reconnaisance team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)
Ji-Ji Taiwan Earthquake 1999
- JI-JI (TAIWAN) EARTHQUAKE Report of the Japan Society of Civil Engineers
- Ms 7.6 earthquake in Taiwan on September 21, 1999, NSF Reconnaisance team Report (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)
Athens, Greece Earthquake 1999
- The Athens (Greece) Earthquake of September 7, 1999: Preliminary Report on Strong Motion Data and Structural Response, by Institute of Engineering Seismology and Earthquake Engineering (ITSAK)
- Reports of the National Science Foundation geotechnical reconnaissance team on (available from the Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering server)
SITE RESPONSE ANALYSIS
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/response.html
Free Books and Papers
- Seed, R.B., Cetin, K.O., Moss, R.E.S., Kammerer, A., Wu, J., Pestana, J. and Riemer, M. (2001) "Recent Advances in Soil Liquefaction Engineering and Seismic Site Response Evaluation", Fourth International Conference and Symposium On Recent Advances In Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering And Soil Dynamics, Paper SPL-2, March 26, San Diego, CA USA. Available from Annie Kammerer's site.
- Bouckovalas G.D. & Kouretzis G.P.,[2001]. "Stiff soil amplification effects in the 7 September 1999 Athens (Greece) earthquake". Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol 21, pp. 671-687, 2001. Available by Professor Bouckovalas' website.
- Bouckovalas G.D., Kouretzis G.P. & Kalogeras I.S.,[2002]. "Site-Specific Analysis of Strong Motion Data from the September 7, 1999 Athens, Greece Earthquake". Natural Hazards, volume 27, pp. 105-131, 2002. Available by Professor Bouckovalas' website.
- Kammerer, A., Pestana, and Seed, R. (2002) "Undrained Response of Monterey 0/30 Sand Under Multidirectional Cyclic Simple Shear Loading Conditions", Geotechnical Engineering Research Report No. UCB/GT/02-01, University of California, Berkeley, July 2002. Download Report and Download Appendix (plots of test data)
Educational Hyperlinks and data
- Online version of the work on "Response Spectra Analysis in Managua City Area" (in Spanish), (2001) by M. J. Picado and R. M. Parrales when graduated as Civil Engineers at the National Engineering University (Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería), Managua, Nicaragua.
SEISMIC SLOPE STABILITY
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/slopes.html
Free Books and Papers
- DMG Special Publication 117: Guidelines for Analyzing and Mitigating Landslide Hazards in California . The publication is available for free by the Southern California Earthquake Center. The link was suggested by Robb Eric S. Moss. We thank him for his support.
Educational Hyperlinks and data
- Inventory of landslides triggered by the 1994 Northridge, California Earthquake, by Edwin L. Harp and Randall W. Jibson, USGS.
EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING GALLERY
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/eqgallery.html
- Earthquake Image Information System (EQIIS) Use key words to find photos in earthquake engineering, University of California
- Exposure of the Genoa fault , available by the Geoengineer website
- Earthquake Image Archives: This site belongs to the Soil Mechanics Laboratory of the Tokyo Metropolitan University. It provides a lot of photos from various earthquakes such as, 2001 Geiyo (Hiroshima, Akinada) Earthquake, Japan [only TV images] ,2000 Tottoriken-Seibu (Tottori) Earthquake, Japan [344 photos], 1999 Chi-Chi (Ji-Ji) Earthquake, Taiwan [528 photos], 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu (Kobe, Hanshin-Awaji) Earthquake, Japan [268 photos], 1994 Sanriku-Harukaoki Earthquake, Japan [127 photos], 1994 Mindoro Earthquake, Philippines [68 photos], 1992 Erzincan Earthquake, Turkey [303 photos]
- Hayward fault deformation: Berkeley Memorial Stadium damage , available by the Geoengineer website
- Hayward fault deformation: Migration of Hamilton Creek, available by the Geoengineer website
- Structures on top of the Hayward fault trace, available by the Geoengineer website
- Road deformation due to Hayward fault creep, available by the Geoengineer website
GROUND MOTIONS AND ATTENUATION RELATIONSHIPS
http://earthquake.geoengineer.org/motions.html
Educational Hyperlinks and data
- Dr. Norman Abrahamson's talk, "Incorporating Effects of Near Fault Tectonic Deformation into Design Ground Motions". The presentation is hosted by the University at Buffalo Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter (UB-EERI), and provides the opportunity to listen to the speaker and see the powerpoint at the same time. An excellent application of the internet in education!
Free Books and Papers
- Jonathan P. Stewart et. al. Ground Motion Evaluation Procedures for Performance Based Design Chapter 2: Source Characterization (585K) | Chapter 7: Time History Selection (2.3 MB). Available by the NISEE website
- PEER Strong Motion Database for Engineering applications. A very good database based on the work of Dr. Walt Silva, with more than 1500 records from 143 earthquake events. A very useful resource for any earthquake engineer.
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- 11th International Conference on Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering and 3rd International Conference on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, USA, 7-9 January 2004.
- International Conference on Problematic Soils, 28 – 30 July 2003, Nottingham UK. Download registration procedure.
- GeoSupport 2004, Orlando, February 4-7, 2004.
- International Conference on Site Characterization (ISC-2), Porto, Portugal, Sept. 20-22, 2004.
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