Numerical analysis of seismic behavior of embankments founded on liquefiable soils

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 21-39

  Matsuo, Osamu ^a   Shimazu, Takao ^b   Uzuoka, Ryosuke ^c   Mihara, Masaya ^d   Nishi, Kunio ^d  

^a PUBLIC WORKS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b TAISEI CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^d Hazama Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

(Centrifugal model); Case history; Cohesive soil; Deformation; Earthquake; Earthquake damage; Element method; Embankment; Finite; Liquefaction; Sandy soil (IGC: E8 E13)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012102729     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.40.2_21     Document Type: Article

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