Table of Contents 

 

Preface 

Photo Album

1   Keynote lecture 

The role of modeling in geotechnical earthquake engineering

I.M. Idriss 

2       Collaborative research 

Seismic performance of urban regions

M. Stokes, J. Bielak, G. Fenves, J. Meyer, T. Haupt, and B. Stojadinovic

3       NEES facilities 

NEES earthquake simulation equipment development at RPI centrifuge

R. Dobry, T. Abdoun, M. Zeghal, T.F. Zimmie, and A-W.M. Elgamal

 

Large scale mobile shakers and associated instrumentation for dynamic field studies of geotechnical and structural systems

K.H. Stokoe II, E.M. Rathje, and C. Wilson

 

Metadata structure for geotechnical physical models (and simulations?)

B.L. Kutter, D.W. Wilson, and J.P. Bardet

 

Full-scale simulation of seismic structure-foundation-soil interaction

J.P. Stewart, D.H. Whang, P.J. Fox, and J.W. Wallace

4   Centrifuge modeling 

Advanced instrumentation and data acquisition

D.W. Wilson and B.L. Kutter

 

Cyclically-induced pore pressure at high confining stress

M.K. Sharp and R.S. Steedman

 

Liquefaction assessment by the energy method through centrifuge modeling

H.M. Dief and J.L. Figueroa

 

Simulation of dynamic soil-foundation-structure interaction (SFSI)

R.Y.S. Pak

 

Benefit of collaboration between centrifuge modeling and numerical modeling

X. Zeng

 

Modeling of liquefaction and lateral spreading

S.P.G. Madabhushi, B. Teymur, S.K. Haigh and A.J. Brennan

 

Recent advances in earthquake simulation in geotechnical engineering at Tsinghua University

J.M. Zhang and X. Zeng

5   1g shake table test 

Observation in 1-G shaking table tests and application to prediction of soil displacement due to subsurface liquefaction

I.  Towhata

 

Simulation on lateral flow mechanism in layered sand by 1g shake table and other tests

T. Kokusho

6   Numerical modeling 

Simulation of earthquake-induced permanent deformations

M.T. Manzari

 

Challenges in computational modeling of liquefaction-induced ground deformations

Z. Yang, and A. Elgamal

 

Recent developments in computer simulations and visualization for geotechnical earthquake engineering problems

B. Jeremic

 

Use of numerical simulation in the development of empirical predictions of liquefaction behavior

S.L. Kramer and D.A. Baska

 

Soil system identification using earthquake records and experimental data

M. Zeghal

 

Static and dynamic behavior of unsaturated soils using the theory of mixtures with interfaces

K.K. Muraleetharan and C. Wei

 

Seismic performance-based design of port structures and simulation techniques

S. Iai

 

Unified critical state sand model in flow-liquefaction deformation analysis

X.S. Li

 

Constitutive modeling in earthquake simulation

S. Sture and H-Y. Ko

 

Issues in mathematical modeling of static and dynamic liquefaction as a non-local instability problem

R.I. Borja

7   Field testing 

Lateral load tests on piles in liquefaction sand to develop P-Y curves

K.M. Rollins 

 

Back-calculation of Winkler foundation parameters for pile analysis from dynamic field test results

A. Anandarajah, J. Zhang and C. Ealy

8   Research needs to improve state of practice 

Earthquake simulation in geotechnical engineering: applications and research needs to improve state of practice

K. Arulmoli

9   Group discussions 

Group A: Data sharing issues: metadata, archives, and comprehension 

Group B: Use of physical model tests and sophisticated analyses in design: costs and  benefits 

Group C: Soil-structure interaction: experimental studies and numerical simulation

 

List of participants