Abstract
Design of foundations in earthquake prone areas needs special considerations. Shallow foundations may experience a reduction in bearing capacity and increase in settlement and tilt due to seismic loading. the reduction in bearing capacity depends on the nature and type of soil and ground acceleration parameters. in the case of piles, the soil-pile behavior under earthquake loading is generally non-linear. the nonlinearity must be accounted for by defining soil-pile stiffness in terms of strain dependent soil modulus. Several behavioral and design aspects of shallow foundations and pile groups subjected to earthquakes have been critically reviewed. Copyright ASCE 2007.
Recommended Citation
V. K. Puri and S. Prakash, "Foundations for Seismic Loads," Geotechnical Special Publication, no. 160, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Sep 2007.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1061/40904(223)11
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
0895-0563
Document Type
Article - Journal
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Citation
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text
Language(s)
English
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Publication Date
06 Sep 2007
