Seismic compression of two compacted earth fills shaken by the 1994 Northridge earthquake

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 130, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-476

  Stewart, Jonathan P ^a   Smith, Patrick M ^b   Whang, Daniel H ^a   Bray, Jonathan D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Praad Geotechnical Inc   (United States)

^c 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Compression; Earthquakes; Seismic effects; Shear strain

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SEISMOLOGY; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOILS;

CANYON FILLS; CONTRACTIVE VOLUMETRIC STRAIN; GROUND RESPONSE ANALYSES; SEISMIC COMPRESSION;

GEOLOGY;

EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; FILL; NORTHRIDGE EARTHQUAKE 1994; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SITE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHRIDGE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 2342527808     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2004)130:5(461)     Document Type: Article

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