During strong earthquakes, foundation structures such as bridge abutments and pile caps mobilize resistance due to passive earth pressure. Dynamic earth pressur

Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, as well as their interface with Engineering Seismology, Geophysics and Seismology, have all made remarkab

This book results from the 7th ICPMG meeting in Zurich 2010 and covers a broad range of aspects of physical modelling in geotechnics, linking across to other mo

Approach fills behind bridge abutments are commonly supported by wrap-around mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls; however the effect of this geometry on p

In order to better understand the behavior of underground structures when subjected to various levels of earthquake shaking, a large scale shake table experimen