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ASCE ( American Society of Civil Engineers )
Description: The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.
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Effects of Near-Fault Ground Shaking on Sliding Systems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: A numerical study is presented for a rigid block supported through a frictional contact surface on a horizontal or an inclined plane, and subjected to horizontal or slope-parallel excitation. The latter is described with ...
Simplified Constitutive Model for Simulation of Cyclic Response of Shallow Foundations: Validation against Laboratory Tests
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The nonlinear response of shallow foundations has been studied experimentally and analytically. However, the engineering community is not yet convinced of the applicability of such concepts in practice. A key prerequisite ...
Seismic Behavior of Batter Piles: Elastic Response
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Several aspects of the seismic response of groups containing nonvertical piles are studied, including the lateral pile-head stiffnesses, the “kinematic” pile deformation, and the “inertial” soil-pile-structure response. A ...
Slope Stabilizing Piles and Pile-Groups: Parametric Study and Design Insights
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper uses a hybrid method for analysis and design of slope stabilizing piles that was developed in a preceding paper by the writers. The aim of this paper is to derive insights about the factors influencing the ...
Hybrid Method for Analysis and Design of Slope Stabilizing Piles
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Piles are extensively used as a means of slope stabilization. Despite the rapid advances in computing and software power, the design of such piles may still include a high degree of conservatism, stemming from the use of ...
Fault Rupture Propagation through Sand: Finite-Element Analysis and Validation through Centrifuge Experiments
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The three notorious earthquakes of 1999 in Turkey (Kocaeli and Düzce) and Taiwan (Chi-Chi), having offered numerous examples of surface fault rupturing underneath civil engineering structures, prompted increased interest ...
Normal Fault Rupture Interaction with Strip Foundations
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Observations after earthquakes where surface fault ruptures crossed engineering facilities reveal that some structures survived the rupture almost unscathed. In some cases, the rupture path appears to divert, “avoiding” ...
Discussion of “<i>Earthquake Induced Displacements of Sliding Blocks</i>” by Jeen‐Shang Lin and Robert V. Whitman (January, 1986, Vol. 112, No. 1)
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
1988 Armenia Earthquake. II: Damage Statistics versus Geologic and Soil Profiles
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This is a companion paper dealing with engineering aspects of the surface‐wave magnitude