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  • De Alba, P.; Seed, H. B.; Retamal, E.; Seed, R. B.
    Residual Strength of Sand from Dam Failure in the Chilean Earthquake of March 3, 1985.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1987, 50 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/11
    Keywords: La Marquesa Dam; Motion; Failure; La Palma Dam; Performance evaluation; Chile; Stresses; Liquefaction; Soil properties; Dams; Slope; Earthquakes

  • Siddiqi, F. H.; Seed, R. B.; Chan, C. K.; Seed, H. B.; Pyke, R. M.
    Strength Evaluation of Coarse-Grained Soils.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1987, 64 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-87/22
    Keywords: ; Soils; Gravel; Shear strength; Strength; Liquefaction; Cyclic loads; Dams; Soil mechanics; Earthquakes

  • Seed, H. B.; Seed, R. B.; Schlosser, F.; Blondeau, F.; Juran, I.
    Landslide at the Port of Nice on October 16, 1979.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., June 1988, 78 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-88/10
    Keywords: Harbors; Strains; Nice (France); Subsurface investigations; Landslides; Water waves; Soil stabilization; Stability; Earthquake engineering; Earth fills; Stress analysis; Slopes; Soil mechanics

  • Nicholson, P. G.; Seed, R. B.; Anwar, H.
    Measurement and Elimination of Membrane Compliance Effects in Undrained Triaxial Testing.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., December 1989, 300 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-89/10
    Keywords: Strains; Gravel; Membrane compliance effects; Earthquake engineering; Porous materials; Liquefaction; Membranes; Soil properties; Modulus of elasticity; Sands; Soil mechanics; Soil tests

  • Bray, J. D.; Seed, R. B.; Seed, H. B.
    Effects of Tectonic Movements on Stresses and Deformations in Earth Embankments.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC., September 1989, 454 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-90/13
    Keywords: ; Numerical analysis; Embankments; Deformation; Earth movements; Stress analysis; Dams; Subsidence; Tectonics; Mathematical models; Foundations; Mass movements (Geology); Soil mechanics; Soil tests; Case histories; Geological faults; Finite element method; Clays; Model tests; Earthquake engineering; Reviews

  • Stewart, J. P.; Bray, J. D.; Seed, R. B.; Sitar, N.
    Preliminary Report on the Principal Geotechnical Aspects of the January 17, 1994 Northridge Earthquake.
    National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; David and Lucile Packard Foundation, Los Altos, CA., June 1994, 260 p.
    Identifying Number(s): UCB/EERC-94/08
    Keywords: Structures; Landslides; Earth movements; Seismic epicenter; San Gabriel mountains; Liquefaction; Dams; Seismographs; Damage assessment; San Fernando Valley; Performance evaluation; Los Angeles (California); Solid wastes; Earthquakes; Geological faults; Earthquake resistant structures; California; Earthquake damage; Earth fills; Soil properties; Failure; Maps; Northridge Earthquake

  • Stewart, J. P.; Seed, R. B.; Fenves, G. L.
    Empirical Evaluation of Inertial Soil-Structure Interaction Effects.
    Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA., November 1998, 240 p.
    Identifying Number(s): PEER-1998/07
    Keywords: Inertial interaction; Earthquake damage; Empirical analysis; Ground motion; Foundations (Structures); Acceleration; Shaking; Empirical equations; SSI (Soil-Structure Interaction); Soil-structure interactions; Stiffness; Structural response; Soil properties; Vibration damping; Seismic effects; Soil mechanics