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Author:   Jian Chu ,  Sri P.R. Wardani ,  Atsushi Iizuka
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
Volume:   25
Weight:   7.086kg
ISBN:  

9789402405958

ISBN 10:   940240595
Pages:   394
Publication Date:   27 August 2016
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Prologue - 40 years Contributions to Geotechnical Engineering of Prof Hideki Ohta.- Part 1: Geotechnical Aspects of Some Recent Disasters.- 1. Tsunami induced by 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean earthquake and a possible renewal plan.- 2. Tsunami Damages: what is unexpected? - 3. Past Earthquakes in Indonesia and New Seismic Hazard Maps for Earthquake Design of Buildings and Infrastructures.- 4. Lessons learned from the recent natural disasters in Indonesia.- 5. Behaviour of slope protection and retaining structures during the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake in China.- Part 2: Geotechnical Predictions.- 6. Consolidation and Creep Settlement of Embankment on Soft Clay: Prediction versus Observation.- 7. Numerical Simulation of Soil Structures Reinforced by Geosynthetics.- 8. Deformation Prediction of a Structure Placed on Soft Clay in Tokyo Bay Affected by Heavy Deep Well Pumping.- 9. Elasto-Plastic FEM Analysis and Safety Evaluation of Large Rockfill Dams during Reservoir Filling.- 10. Three Dimensional Soil/Water Coupled Analysis of Reverse Concreting Excavation Work.- 11. Spatial Discretization of Water Head in Soil-water Coupled Finite Element Analysis using HPM.- 12.  Theoretical Analysis for Non-coaxiality of Toyoura Sand.- 13. Threshold of Friction Stabilizes Self-weight Transmission in Gravitating Loose Sand Heaps.- 14. Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model for Unsaturated Soils with Subloading Surface Concept.- 15. Stress-Strain Relationship for the Singular Point on Yield Surface of Elasto-Plastic Constitutive Model and Quantification of Metastability.- 16. Analysis of the Earth Pressure Problems by Upper and Lower Equilibrium Method.- Part 3: Geotechnical Practices in Dealing with Geo-hazards.- 17. Railway Old Station Building: Enlargement and Underpinning.- 18.  Analysis of slope stability and landslide in seismic activity regions.- 19. Recent Developments of PVD Soft Ground Improvement: Laboratory Test Results andSimulations.- 20. Study on Regional Ground Upheaval Phenomenon caused by the Rising of Groundwater Level and its Effect on Underground Infrastructure.- 21. A Robust Control Approach for Decision Making and Reliability Design of Soil Structures.- 22. Development of a Portable Triaxial Testing Apparatus -Smart Triaxial.- 23. Innovation in Disaster Mitigation Technologies.- Index.

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