Abstract: An attempt is made to clarify some aspects of the problems encountered in evaluating the stability of embankments under conditions where a potential for soil liquefaction exists. It is suggested that at the present time, ...

Abstract: Quantitative nowcasts of rainfall are frequently based on the advection of rain fields observed by weather radar. Spectral Prognosis (S-PROG) is an advection-based nowcasting system that uses the observations that rain ...

Abstract: Membrane compliance significantly increases the liquefaction resistance of gravelly soils determined by undrained, cyclic triaxial tests. The mechanisms of membrane compliance are discussed in this paper. The liquefaction ...

Abstract: Analyses were made to determine the cause of a stability failure of a 90 ft high, 15 acre hazardous waste landfill in which lateral displacements of up to 35 ft and vertical settlements of up to 14 ft were measured. The ...

Abstract: the composite, multilayered geosynthetic‐compacted clay liner system beneath the waste fill. The testing, analyses, and related studies made to determine the cause of the failure are the subject of this and a companion paper (Seed et al. 1990). The present paper...

Abstract: An improved understanding of earthquake fault rupture propagation through saturated clay would assist engineers in siting and designing facilities to be constructed in regions where cohesive soils overlie potentially active ...

Abstract: Levees are very challenging engineering structures to study, in part because they are not typically well-engineered structures. Unfortunately, there is little to no guidance as to how to evaluate the seismic vulnerability ...

Abstract: We have correlated the location of early atheroma with vessel geometry in the major coronary arteries of subjects dying of noncardiovascular causes under 40 yr of age. We analyzed only those ...