Wave Motion in Earthquake Engineering
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Author(s): E. Kausel and G. Manolis (Eds)
ISBN: 1 85312 744 2
Format: hardback
362pp
Price: £113.00
Review Date: 23 May 2000
Review: This is the latest volume in the Advances in Earthquake Engineering series. It begins with an introduction to seismic wave motion and an examination of the fundamentals of elastic wave propagation and of soil amplification. It goes on to discuss the influence of near-site topography and geology on wave motion, and the side effects on the development of seismic codes and regulations. Other chapters deal with: Elastic layered half spaces subjected to dynamic loads; The thin layer method in seismology and earthquake engineering; Elastic waves in one-dimensionally layered heterogeneous soil media; Waves in vertically inhomogeneous soils; Steady-state dynamic response of poroelastic media; and Fluid-soil structure interaction.