Abstract: This paper presents experimental results of 1-g shaking table model tests on a

Abstract: The earthquakes of 2010 and 2011 in New Zealand and Japan caused significant liquefaction-induced damage in both countries. Unlike previous experiences in which damage to infrastructures was the main concern of people and ...

Abstract: An estimate of the residual strength achieved by saturated Toyoura sand during flow failure is proposed, based on laboratory tests where not only monotonic loading is applied alone, but a simultaneous cyclic stress is also ...

Abstract: The seismic safety of city gas supply has been the major research topic of the writers in past decades. To avoid earthquake hazards due to leakage of gas from breakage of buried pipes, a real-time safety control system,