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- Title
- Proceedings: NSF/EPRI Workshop on Dynamic Soil Properties and Site Characterization. Volumes 1 and 2. Held in Palo Alto, California on November 9-10, 1989.
- File
- PB93121945.pdf
- Source
- Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA.; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1991, 538 p.
- Abstract
- A 2-day workshop on dynamic soil properties and site characterization was held in Palo Alto, California, on November 9-10, 1989. The workshop was cosponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) under NSF Grant No. BCS-8916081 and EPRI RP810. The primary purpose of the workshop was to bring together individuals with expertise in the areas of dynamic soil property measurement and site characterization to discuss the current state-of-the-art, to explore ways to achieve advances that are needed, and to identify research priorities. Participants included specialists in the fields of geotechnical and earthquake engineering as well as geologic, geophysicist and seismological sciences. The workshop involved six state-of-the-art presentations dealing with dynamic soil properties and site characterization. Following the state-of-the-art presentations, the participants met in panel groups to discuss research needs for each of the research topics. Each panel prepared a report summarizing their views. These proceedings contain the text of the state-of-the-art presentations as well as the panel reports. (Copyright (c) 1991 Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.)
- Keywords
- ; Geophysics; Technology utilization; Site characterization; State of the art; Seismology; Meetings; Soil properties; Soil-structure interactions; Soil dynamics; Engineering geology