Special Topics in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering

1. Geotechnical Aspects of the L’Aquila Earthquake
Paola Monaco, Gianfranco Totani, Giovanni Barla, Antonio Cavallaro, Antonio Costanzo, Anna d’Onofrio, Lorenza Evangelista, Sebastiano Foti, Salvatore Grasso, Giuseppe Lanzo, Claudia Madiai, Margherita Maraschini, Silvano Marchetti, Michele Maugeri, Alessandro Pagliaroli, Oronzo Pallara, Augusto Penna, Andrea Saccenti, Filippo Santucci Magistris, Giuseppe Scasserra, Francesco Silvestri, Armando Lucio Simonelli, Giacomo Simoni, Paolo Tommasi, Giovanni Vannucchi, Luca Verrucci

2. Geotechnical Aspects of 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake, China
Ikuo Towhata, Yuan-Jun Jiang

3. Effects of Fines and Aging on Liquefaction Strength and Cone Resistance of Sand Investigated in Triaxial Apparatus
Takaji Kokusho, Fumiki Ito, Yota Nagao

4. Full Scale Testing and Simulation of Seismic Bridge Abutment-Backfill Interaction
Ahmed Elgamal, Patrick Wilson

5. Macro Element for Pile Head Cyclic Lateral Loading
Michael Pender, Liam Wotherspoon, Norazzlina M. Sa’don, Rolando Orense

6. Analysis of Piles in Liquefying Soils by the Pseudo-Static Approach
M. Cubrinovski, Jennifer J. M. Haskell, Brendon A. Bradley

7. Experimental and Theoretical SFSI Studies in a Model Structure in Euroseistest
Kyriazis Pitilakis, Vasiliki Terzi

8. Soil-Structure Interaction for Seismic Improvement of Noto Cathedral (Italy)
Michele Maugeri, Glenda Abate, Maria Rossella Massimino

9. Study on the Method for the Seismic Design of Expressway Embankments
Susumu Yasuda, Kazuyori Fujioka

10. Performances of Rockfill Dams and Deep-Seated Landslides During Earthquakes
Kenji Ishihara

11. Bridging the Gap Between Structural and Geotechnical Engineers in SSI for Performance-Based Design
M. H. El Naggar

Keywords: Earth Sciences, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Natural Hazards, Civil Engineering, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics