Energy-based numerical models for assessment of soil liquefaction

Geoscience Frontiers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 541-555

  Alavi, Amir Hossein ^a   Gandomi, Amir Hossein ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TAFRESH UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Capacity energy; Formulation; Linear genetic programming; Multi expression programming; Sand; Soil liquefaction

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; GENETIC ALGORITHM; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LIQUEFACTION; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SANDY SOIL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STRAIN;

EID: 84862648743     PISSN: 16749871     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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