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GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Geotechnical earthquake engineering studies the effects of the dynamic loadings caused by earthquakes on soil masses and geotechnical structures. Some of the problems addressed by this subject include the shaking of level soil deposits, the seismic stability of slopes and retaining structures and soil liquefaction.
Specific Research Interests
Liquefaction1. Carraro, J. A., Bandini, P. and Salgado, R. (2002). "Evaluation of Liquefaction Resistance of Clean and Silty Sands Based on CPT Cone Penetration Resistance." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, accepted for publication.
2. Salgado, R., Boulanger, R. and Mitchell, J.K. (1997). "Lateral Stress Effects on CPT Liquefaction Resistance Correlations." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(8), August, 726-735.
Analysis1. Loukidis, D., Bandini, P. and Salgado, R. "Comparative Study of Limit Equilibrium, Limit Analysis and Finite Element Analysis of the Seismic Stability of Slopes." Geotechnique, in press.
1. Sitar, N. and Salgado, R. (1994). "Behavior of Young Bay Mud from the Marina District of San Francisco Under Static and Cyclic Simple Shear." Loma Prieta Professional Paper 1551-A, U.S. Geological Survey, pp A145-A153.
2. Salgado, R., Drnevich, V.P., Ashmawy, A., Grant, P., and Vallenas, P. (1997). "Interpretation of Large-Strain Crosshole Tests." Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 123(4), April, 382-388.
3. Ashmawy, A., Salgado, R., Guha, S., and Drnevich, V. P. (1995). "Soil Damping and its Use in Dynamic Analysis." Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Paper 1.13, April , 35-41, St. Louis, MO.
4. Loukidis, D., Salgado, R. and Bobet, A. (2001). "Seismic Design of Pile Foundations in Southern Indiana". Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, California, March 2001. CD-ROM, Univ. of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO, S. Prakash (ed.), Paper No. 8-09, 6 pages.