Two- and three-dimensional tsunami run-up analyses were conducted to investigate the mechanisms and differences in overturning failures of five buildings (Building A to E [...]

Performance of three different types of pile foundation (single, 2x2 and large group pile foundations) then under construction thus without superstructures during the 201 [...]

A number of effective stress analysis methods have been developed; however, they are often complex, requiring a number of parameters that are not easy to determine in pra [...]

The 2007 Noto-hanto earthquake of Mj=6.9 that occurred on March 25, 2007, caused extensive damaged to wooden houses in the affected area, with the most catastrophic damag [...]

Nonlinear soil properties are back-calculated using strong motion downhole array recordings at the Service Hall of the Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power plant during the 2 [...]

Geotechnical shaking table tests were conducted using the E-Defense facility to investigate the response and failure of a nearly full-scale pile-structure system in a liq [...]