Session 8: Model and Full-Scale Tests of Geotechnical Structures Including Centrifuge Tests, Recent Advances from Earthquake Simulation Facilities such as NEES, E-Defense, NCREE

Behavior of Model Piles in a Liquefiable Soil in Shaking Table Tests

Chia-Han Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Tzou-Shin Ueng, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Dynamic Earth Pressures and Earth Pressure Cell Measurements

Yasir Ramzan Khokher, Arup, London, U.K.
Gopal Madabhushi, University of Cambridge, U.K.

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

E-Defense Shaking Table Test on the Behavior of Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading of Large-Scale Model Ground with a Pile-Foundation Structure Behind Quay Wall

Kentaro Tabata, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan
Masayoshi Sato, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Experimental Investigation of Plastic Demands on Piles During Lateral Spread-Induced Loads

Barbara J. Chang, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Tara C. Hutchinson, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Experimental Study of the Dynamic Interaction Between the Foundation of the NEES/UCSD Shake Table and the Surrounding Soil

Ozgur Ozcelik, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
J. Enrique Luco, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Joel P. Conte, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA
Luis H. Mendoza, CICESE, Mexico

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Ground Improvement Using Stone Column

K. S. Beena, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Investigation of the Coefficient of Earth Pressure for Improved Ground by Compaction Grouting in the Full-Scale Field Liquefaction Experiment

Hiroshi Nakazawa, Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan
Takahiro Sugano, Port and Airport Research Institute, Japan
Takashi Shinsaka, Compaction Grouting Society of Japan, Japan
Masaki Adachi, Compaction Grouting Society of Japan, Japan
Kazuhiro Yamada, Compaction Grouting Society of Japan, Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Large-Scale Shake Table Test on Lateral Spreading of a Sheet-Pile Wall Model and Its Centrifuge Simulation

Masayoshi Sato, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan
Kentaro Tabata, National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention, Japan
Akio Abe, Tokyo Soil Research Co., Ltd., Japan

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Numerical Analyses of Centrifuge Models of the Bart Transbay Tube

Jui-Ching Chou, University of California, Davis, CA
Bruce L. Kutter, University of California, Davis, CA
Thaleia Travasarou, Fugro West, Inc., Oakland, CA

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Numerical and Experimental Investigation of Soil Behaviour Under Stationary Excitation

Holger Wienbroer, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Daniel Rebstock, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany
Gerhard Huber, University of Karlsruhe (TH), Germany

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Shaking Table Methodology and Instrumentation for Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls

Saman Zarnani, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Kingston, Canada
Richard J. Bathurst, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Kingston, Canada
W. Andy Take, GeoEngineering Centre at Queen’s-RMC, Kingston, Canada

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Three-Dimensional Stability Analysis of the Central Rotunda of the Catacombs of Kom El-Shoqafa, Alexandria, Egypt

Sayed Hemeda, Cairo University, Egypt
Kyriazis Pitilakis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Elias Bakasis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM

Using Tactile Pressure Sensors to Measure Lateral Spreading Induced Earth Pressures Against a Large, Rigid Foundation

Scott M. Olson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Mark R. Muszynski, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Carmine Polito, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Youssef M. A. Hashash, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL
Camilo Phillips, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

San Diego, California

12:00 AM - 12:00 AM