Abstract: Determination of in situ dynamic soil properties is fundamental to the prediction of the seismic behavior of foundations and soil embankment structures. Both elastic (stiffness) and inelastic (damping) values are required ...

Abstract: Published comparisons of complex moduli in dry and saturated soils have shown that viscous behavior is only evident when a sufficiently massive viscous fluid (like water) is present. That is, the loss tangent is frequency ...

Abstract: A scalemodel bluntcone capsule intended for ocean splashdown was projected into a water pool to evaluate impact loads and postimpact behavior. In a small region of the speed/angle parameter space, the capsule would ...