Seismic Stability Enhancement of Rigid Nonyielding Structures

Proceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 1244-1249

  Hazarika, Hemanta ^a   Okuzono, Seishi ^a   Matsuo, Yuji ^a  

^a KYUSHU SANGYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compressible material; EPS; Hybrid interactive system; Rigid structures; Seismic earth pressure; Seismic stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA ACQUISITION; ELASTIC MODULI; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SAND; SEISMOLOGY; SOILS; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

COMPRESSIBLE MATERIALS; HYBRID INTERACTIVE SYSTEM; NONYIELDING STRUCTURES; RIGID STRUCTURES; SEISMIC EARTH PRESSURE; SEISMIC STABILITY;

RETAINING WALLS;

EID: 0942266614     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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