Innovative Earthquake Soil Dynamics

ISBN-13: 9781138029026 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 478 str.

Takaji Kokusho

Opis

This book deals with soil dynamics in earthquake engineering including almost all aspects of soil behavior from the bedrock up to the ground surface necessary for engineering design of structures, wherein generally accepted basic knowledge as well as advanced and innovative views are accommodated. Major topics discussed in this book of earthquake geotechnical engineering are (i) seismic site amplification, (ii) liquefaction, and (iii) earthquake-induced slope failure. Associated with the above three topics, basic theories and methodologies on wave propagation/attenuation, soil properties, laboratory tests, numerical analyses, and model tests are addressed in the earlier chapters. Some of the advanced research findings are addressed, and associated recent laboratory data as well as field case history data are incorporated in this book.
Another important feature characterizing this book is an energy perspective to these topics in addition to conventional views based on the force-equilibrium perspective. It is because the author strongly believes, through his long-time experiences in reconnaissance of earthquake damage and model tests, that the energy is a very relevant though simple index in determining seismic failures of structures, particularly soils and soil structures.
The book is intended to cover major recent research advances in this field during recent earthquakes such as the 1995 Kobe earthquake and the 2011 Tohoku earthquake in Japan. Many research results originate from Japan, rich of earthquake records and case histories though isolated to international investigators and engineers because of the language barrier. It is written for an international audience of graduate students, researchers and practicing engineers.

O autorze

Prof. Takaji Kokusho is Professor Emeritus at Chuo University since 2015. He obtained his BS and MS degrees from the University of Tokyo, and a MS degree at Duke University, USA. He completed his PhD (Doctor of Engineering) at the University of Tokyo in 1982 on the topic of "Dynamic soil properties and nonlinear seismic response of ground.". Takaji worked at the Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) between 1969 and 1995 as researcher, head, and director of Siting Technology for Earthquake Geotechnology. He wasProfessor at the department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Chuo University between 1996 and 2015. In this time, he published more than 100 reviewed research papers in national and international journals and conference proceedings, and served as a chairman of Technical Committee No. 4 of ISSMGE (2005-2009), Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, and Asian Technical Committee ATC3 of ISSMGE (1998-2005), and Geotechnology for Natural Hazards.