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NCHRP Synthesis 428:

Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions
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Publication Year:2012
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Neven Matasovic; Youssef Hashash; Transportation Research Board
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 428: Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions identifies and describes current practice and available methods for evaluating the influence of local ground conditions on earthquake design ground motions ...
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NCHRP Synthesis 428 - Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions 1-1 (skim)
Transportation Research Board 2012 Executive Committee 2-2 (skim)
Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions 3-3 (skim)
National Cooperative Highway Research Program 4-4 (skim)
About the National Academies 5-5 (skim)
NCHRP Committee for Project 20-05 6-6 (skim)
Preface 7-8 (skim)
Contents 9-10 (skim)
Summary 11-12 (skim)
CHAPTER ONE - Introduction 13-14 (skim)
Site Response Evaluation Approaches 15-15 (skim)
Information Required for Site Response Analysis 16-17 (skim)
Equivalent-Linear Site Response Analysis 18-19 (skim)
Nonlinear Total Stress Site Response Analysis 20-22 (skim)
Nonlinear Site Response Analysis with Pore Water Pressure Change 23-24 (skim)
Software Used in Practice 25-26 (skim)
Survey Respondents 27-27 (skim)
Survey Responses 28-28 (skim)
Dimensions, Analysis, and Model Type 29-29 (skim)
Soil Profile Input Information Required for Site Response Analysis 30-30 (skim)
Site Response Analysis 31-31 (skim)
General Comments on the Survey 32-33 (skim)
Suggestions for Further Research 34-36 (skim)
References 37-43 (skim)
Bibliography 44-48 (skim)
Glossary 49-49 (skim)
Appendix A - Survey Questionnaire 50-56 (skim)
APPENDIX B - Compiled Survey Responses 57-86 (skim)
APPENDIX C - Site Response Analysis Software - Software URLs, References, and Use in Highway Engineering Practice as Identified by Survey Respondents 87-90 (skim)
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TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 428: Practices and Procedures for Site-Specific Evaluations of Earthquake Ground Motions identifies and describes current practice and available methods for evaluating the influence of local ground conditions on earthquake design ground motions on a site-specific basis.

The report focuses on evaluating the response of soil deposits to strong ground shaking.

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