Effects of local site conditions on the seismic response of municipal solid waste landfills

Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 553-563

  Psarropoulos, P N ^a   Tsompanakis, Y ^a   Karabatsos, Y ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic soil structure interaction; Municipal solid waste landfills; Seismic design; Site conditions; Slope stability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LAND FILL; SLOPE STABILITY; STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EARTHQUAKE-INDUCED ACCELERATIONS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS; SEISMIC DESIGN;

SOIL STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LANDFILL; SEISMIC DESIGN; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SLOPE STABILITY; SOIL-STRUCTURE INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL RESPONSE;

EID: 33846838737     PISSN: 02677261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soildyn.2006.10.004     Document Type: Article

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