Table of Contents

List of symbols.- Preface .- Acknowledgements.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Main ground motion sources and properties.- 3. Typical ground motions, recording, grounding investigations and testing.- 4. Soil properties used in simple analyses .- 5. Fast sliding of non-liquefied soil.- 6. Flow of liquefied sandy soil.- 7. Massive retaining walls.- 8. Slender retaining walls.- 9. Shallow foundations.- 10. Piled foundations.- 11. Tunnels, vertical shafts and pipelines.- 12. Ground vibration caused by industry.- References.- Index.