Abstract: In this paper, we evaluate the additive effects of topography, soil nonlinearity, and soil-structure interaction (SSI) along the crest of an idealized

Abstract: Although soils are known to exhibit nonlinear behavior even at small strains, evaluations of the response of sedimentary basins to strong seismic motions are almost always based on linear, elastic solutions incorporating ...

Abstract: This paper presents a simple four-parameter model that can represent the shear modulus factors and damping coefficients for a granular soil subjected to horizontal shear stresses imposed by vertically propagating shear ...