SEISMIC PERFORMANCE AND SIMULATION OF PILE

Abstract

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains twenty-five papers from a workshop on seismic performance and simulation of pile foundations in liquefied and laterally spreading ground, held in Davis, California on March 16-19, 2005. The papers discuss physical measurements and observations from earthquake case histories, field tests in blast-liquefied ground, dynamic centrifuge model studies, and large-scale shaking table studies. They also contain recent findings on fundamental soil-pile-interaction mechanisms, numerical analysis methods, and reviews and evaluations of existing and emerging design methodologies. This proceedings provides comprehensive coverage of a major issue in earthquake engineering practice and hazard mitigation efforts, and will be beneficial to researchers and practitioners alike.