Session 4B: Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills and Earth Dams Under Earthquakes

3D Analysis of the Seismic Response of Seven Oaks Dam

Lelio Mejia, URS Corporation, Oakland, CA
Ethan Dawson, URS Corporation, Los Angeles, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

A Probabilistic Method for the Prediction of Earthquake-Induced Slope Displacements

Simone Barani, University of Genoa, Italy
Paolo Bazzurro, AIR Worldwide Co., San Francisco, CA
Fabrizio Pelli, Geodeco S.p.A., Italy

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Accuracy of Empirical Equations Predicting Sliding-Block Displacement

Tryfon Thomaidis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Hellenic Open University, Greece

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

An Empirical Predictive Relationship for Assessing the Seismic Stability of Slopes

Jongwon Lee, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Russell A. Green, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
Rachel Finch, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Assessing Horizontal Seismic Coefficients in Earth Dams with Regards to Expected Deformation

Mohammad Hossein Tavakol, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Ali Komak Panah, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Assessment of Soil-Nailed Excavations Seismic Failure under Cyclic Loading and Pseudo-Static forces

Ali Komak Panah, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Sina Majidian, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Behavior of Nailed Steep Slopes in Laboratory Shake Table Tests

Aniruddha Sengupta, IIT-Kharagpur, India
Debabrata Giri, IIT-Kharagpur, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Centrifuge Model Tests of Tieback Anchors and Drainage Pipes for Stabilization of Slopes under Earthquake Loads

Keiichi Ota, Nippon Koei Co., LTD. Research and Development Center, Japan
Koji Takeya, SE Co., LTD., Japan
Keiichi Itoh, Nippon Koei Co., LTD. Research and Development Center, Japan
Senro Kuraoka, Nippon Koei Co., LTD. Research and Development Center, Japan
Yuichi Ueno, Nippon Koei Co., LTD. Domestic Consulting Administration, Japan
Takaya Hiroshima, SE Co., LTD., Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Comparison of Liquefaction Triggering Analysis Approaches for an Embankment Dam and Foundation

David C. Serafini, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA
Vlad Perlea, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Sacramento, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Cyclic Torsional Shear Tests to Obtain Dynamic Soil Properties for Seismic Design of Road Embankments

Susumu Yasuda, Tokyo Denki University, Japan
Takafumi Tsuruda, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Design of an External Waste Rock Dump in an Opencast Coal Mine Standing Against a Hill in Seismic Prone Area of India

Indrajit Roy, Birla Institute of Technology, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Dynamic Slope Stability Analysis by a Reliability-Based Approach

Dalia S. Youssef Abdel Massih, National Council For Scientific Research, Lebanon
Abdul-Hamid Soubra, University of Nantes, France
Jacques Harb, Notre Dame University, Lebanon
Mohamed Rouainia, University of Newcastle, U.K.

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Earthquake Induced Slope Failure Simulation by SPH

Ha H. Bui, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
R. Fukagawa, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
K. Sako, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Y. Okamura, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Effect of a Slope on the Dynamic Properties of Diluvial Terrace

Shoichi Nakai, Chiba University, Japan
Yoko Nagata, Japan Conservation Engineers Co. Ltd., Japan
Toru Sekiguchi, Chiba University, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Effect of Canyon Geometry and Ground Conditions on the Seismic Performance of Tendaho Earthfill Dam in Ethiopia.

Tensay G. Berhe, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, BOKU, Austria
Wu Wei, Institute of Geotechnical Engineering, BOKU, Austria

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Evaluation of Seismic Response of External Mine Overburden Dumps

Radhakanta Koner, Indian Institute of Technology, India
Debashish Chakravarty, Indian Institute of Technology, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Finite Element Modeling of the Las Colinas Landslide Under Earthquake Shaking

Huynh Dat Vu Khoa, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway
Hans Petter Jostad, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute, Norway

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Geotechnical Characteristics of Seismically-Induced Aratozawa Landslide, Japan

Ivan Gratchev, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Ikuo Towhata, The University of Tokyo, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Improved Methodology for Estimating Seismic Coefficients for the Pseudo-Static Stability Analysis of Earth Dams

Achilleas G. Papadimitriou, University of Thessaly, Greece
Konstantinos I. Andrianopoulos, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
George D. Bouckovalas, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
Kostas Anastasopoulos, Public Power Corporation, Greece

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Incorporation of the Spatial Correlation of Arias Intensity Within Earthquake Loss Estimation

Roxane Foulser-Piggott, Imperial College London, U.K.
Peter J. Stafford, Imperial College London, U.K.

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Landslide Hazard Mapping and Assessment in Himalayas

A. K. Pachauri, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Nonlinear Time-Domain Analysis of a Sliding Block on a Plane

Mohamed G. Arab, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Edward Kavazanjian Jr., Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Neven Matasovic, Geosyntec Consultants, Huntington Beach, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Numerical Analysis of Failure of Rudramatha Dam Section During 26^th January, 2001, Bhuj Earthquake

Amit Srivastava, Indian Institute of Science, India
G. L. Sivakumar Babu, Indian Institute of Science, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Numerical Modelling of Earthquake-Induced Rock Landslides: The 1783 Scilla Case-History (Southern Italy)

Francesca Bozzano, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy
Salvatore Martino, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy
Eliana Esposito, Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino e Costiero (CNR-IAMC), Italy
Alfredo Montagna, University of Rome “Sapienza”, Italy
Luca Lenti, University Paris East, Laboratoire Central des Ponte set Chaussées (LCPC), France
Antonella Paciello, Ente per le Nuove Tecnologie l’Energia e l’Ambiente (ENEA), Italy
Sabina Porfido, Istituto per l’Ambiente Marino e Costiero (CNR-IAMC), Italy

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

On the Use of Empirical Correlations for Estimating the Residual Undrained Shear Strength of Liquefied Soils in Dam Foundations

David Rees Gillette, Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, CO

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Repair of Landslide "Umka-Duboka" — Seismic Performance Assessment

Vlatko Sesov, IZIIS, Macedonia
Zeljko Zugic, Keller Geotehnik, Serbia

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Analysis of the Reservoir-Earth Dam-Pore Fluid System Using an Integrated Numerical Approach

Yanhui Han, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., Minneapolis, MN
Roger Hart, Itasca Consulting Group, Inc., Minneapolis, MN

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Behavior of Asphaltic Concrete Core Dams

Ali Ghanbari, Tarbiat Moallem University, Iran
Mohsen Mojezi, Ghods-Niroo Engineering Company, Iran
Meysam Fadaee, Ghods-Niroo Engineering Company, Iran

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Performance Evaluation of a Submarine Gas Pipeline

Wolfgang H. Roth, URS, Los Angeles, CA
C. B. Crouse, URS, Seattle, WA
Ethan M. Dawson, URS, Los Angeles, CA
Bei Su, URS, Los Angeles, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Slope Stability of Reactivated Landslides — A Performance Based Analysis

Binod Tiwari, University of California Los Angeles, Fullerton, CA
Michael Hillman, University of California Los Angeles, Fullerton, CA
Keyur Ajmera, California State University, Fullerton, CA
Beena Ajmera, California State University, Fullerton, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Stability Assessment the Raising of the Geita Tailings Storage Facility, Tanzania

Michelle Theron, Rust Geotechnical Consultants, South Africa
Fritz Wagener, Fritz Wagener and Associates, South Africa
Phillip Steenkamp, AngloGold Ashanti Limited, Ghana

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Seismic Stability of the Nailed Slopes

Mehdi M. Waseem, Chapman University, Orange, CA
Agarwal Pratibh, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Stability Analysis of Flood Protection Embankments and Riverbank Protection Works

Rajib Kumar Goswami, Water Resources Department, India
Baleshwar Singh, Indian Institute of Technology, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Stability Assessment and Suggestion for Control Measures of a Potential Landslide Slope on NH 94, Uttarakhand Himalaya, India

A. Ghosh, Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India
S. Sarkar, Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India
D. P. Kanungo, Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India
P. K. S. Chauhan, Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India
Zamir Ahmad, Central Building Research Institute (CSIR), India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Static and Dynamic Behavior of Earthen Slopes in the Region of Uttarkashi, India

Govardhan Bhat, IIT Roorkee, India
Navjeev Saxena, CBRI, CSIR-INDIA, India
S. K. Prasad, S.J. College of Engineering, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Effect of Earthquake Record Scaling Technique on Embankment Dam Response

Hamid Karimian, BGC Engineering Inc., Canada
Somasundaram Sriskandakumar, BGC Engineering Inc., Canada
Adrian Wightman, BGC Engineering Inc., Canada
Li Yan, BC Hydro, Canada

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Effect of Geometry Changes on Sliding-Block Predictions

Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Constantine Mavromihalis, Hellenic Open University, Greece
Sarada Sarma, Imperial College, London, U.K.

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Effects of Canyon Topography on Dynamic Stress Distribution in Earth Dams

Maryam Malekian, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Amirata Taghavi, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Mohammad Hassan Baziar, Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran
Shirin Salemi, SABIR Consulting Company, Iran

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

The Stability and Deformation Limit State Corresponding to the High Road Embankments Close to a Bridge

Anton Chirica, Technical University of Civil Engineering, Romania
Dragos Vintila, Ovidius University Constanta, Romania
Diana Tenea, Ovidius University Constanta, Romania

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Using Recorded Earthquake Signals for Dynamic Analysis of Masjed Soleiman Embankment Dam

M. Amel Sakhi, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran
M. Jafari Davoodi, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES), Iran

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM