Hydrocarbons are undoubtedly the main energy source of the twenty-first century. Over the last decades the increase in energy needs has led to the exploitation of an incr [...]

According to common practice the seismic design of any type of structure or infrastructure is focused on the inertial loading and the resulting distress generated due to [...]

Over the last fifteen years increased research interest has been observed on the dynamic response and stability issues of landfills. Nevertheless, there are still importa [...]

Despite the structural simplicity of retaining walls, their seismic response is a rather complicated problem. What makes that response so complicated is the dynamic inter [...]

Seismic vulnerability analysis of structural and infrastructural systems is commonly performed by means of fragility curves. There are two approaches for developing fragi [...]