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RISFailure of Tapo Canyon Tailings Dam
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The failure of the Tapo Canyon tailings dam was one of the most striking failures of an earth structure to result from the January 17, 1994 Northridge, California earthquake. The failure involved a 60-m-wide breach of a ...
Closure to “<i>Vibroflotation Compaction at Thermalito Afterbay</i>” by Leslie F. Harder, Jr., William D. Hammond, and Penny S. Ross (January, 1984)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Dynamic Properties of Sherman Island Peat
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The dynamic properties of peat have been identified as major source of uncertainty in the evaluation of seismic hazards throughout the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta in northern California. This paper summarizes the results ...
Nonlinear Dynamic Properties of a Fibrous Organic Soil
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The nonlinear dynamic properties of a fibrous peaty organic soil beneath a levee in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta in California are described herein. Thin-walled tube samples were obtained from four locations between ...
Standard Penetration Test-Based Probabilistic and Deterministic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Potential
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper presents new correlations for assessment of the likelihood of initiation (or “triggering”) of soil liquefaction. These new correlations eliminate several sources of bias intrinsic to previous, similar correlations, ...
Closure to “Standard Penetration Test-Based Probabilistic and Deterministic Assessment of Seismic Soil Liquefaction Potential” by K. Onder Cetin, Raymond B. Seed, Armen Der Kiureghian, Kohji Tokimatsu, Leslie F. Harder Jr., Robert E. Kayen, and Robert E. S. Moss
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Liquefaction Resistance of Soils: Summary Report from the 1996 NCEER and 1998 NCEER/NSF Workshops on Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Soils
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Following disastrous earthquakes in Alaska and in Niigata, Japan in 1964, Professors H. B. Seed and I. M. Idriss developed and published a methodology termed the “simplified procedure” for evaluating liquefaction resistance ...