Skip to main content

Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Seismic Ground Response Analysis

Part of the book series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering ((GGEE,volume 36))

  • 1725 Accesses

Abstract

Knowledge on fundamental mechanics that are required in the seismic ground response analysis is introduced in this chapter. Practical models will be explained in Chaps. 7 and 8.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 149.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book
USD 199.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Fukutake K (1997) Study of three dimensional liquefaction analysis of soil-structure system considering multi-directional nature of shear deformation, Ohsaki Research Report, No. 97–03, Shimizu Corp. (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Ishihara K (1982) Evaluation of soil properties for use in earthquake response analysis. In: Proceedings of the international symposium on numerical models in geomechanics, Zurich, pp 237–259

    Google Scholar 

  • Ishihara K, Towhata I (1982) Dynamic response analysis of level ground based on the effective stress method. In: Pande GN, Zienkiewicz OC (eds) Soil mechanics – transient and cyclic loads. Wiley, New York, pp 133–172

    Google Scholar 

  • Lambe TW, Whitman RV (1969) Soil mechanics, SI version. Wiley, New York

    Google Scholar 

  • Martin GR, Finn WDL, Seed HB (1975) Fundamentals of liquefaction under cyclic loading. FED ASCE 101(GT5):423–438

    Google Scholar 

  • Ohya Y, Yoshida N, Sugano T (2009) Volume change characteristics of sand considering loading history. J Struct Eng AIJ 55A:405–414 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Tatsuoka F, Shibuya S (1992) Deformation characteristics of soils and rocks from field and laboratory tests. Key note lectures, 9th Asian regional conference on soil mechanics and foundation engineering, Bangkok, Report of the Institute of Industrial Science the University of Tokyo, vol 37, No. 1, pp 1–136

    Google Scholar 

  • Towhata I (1989) Models for cyclic loading, mechanics of granular materials, Report of ISSMFE technical committee on mechanics of granular materials, ISSMFE, pp 80–90

    Google Scholar 

  • Towhata I, Ishihara K (1985) Shear work and pore water pressure in undrained shear. Soils Found 25(3):73–84

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Unno T, Kazama M, Uzuoka R, Sento N (2006) Relation of volumetric compression of sand between under drained cyclic shear and reconsolidation after undrained cyclic shear. Doboku Gakkai Ronbunshu C 62:757–766

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Yoshida N (2003) Dynamic property of soil and analysis of ground for performance based design. Tsuchi-to-Kiso 51(1):2–7 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

  • Yoshida N, Ohya Y (2012) Simple two-dimensional formulation for liquefaction analysis. In: Proceedings of the 9th international conference on urban earthquake engineering (9CUEE) and 4th Asia conference on earthquake engineering (4ACEE), pp 457–482

    Google Scholar 

  • Yoshikuni H (1982) Compression and consolidation of soil, Handbook of soil engineering. JGS, Tokyo, pp 147–221 (in Japanese)

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2015 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Yoshida, N. (2015). Fundamentals of Soil Mechanics. In: Seismic Ground Response Analysis. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-9460-2_4

Download citation

Publish with us

Policies and ethics