Civil Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

12-30-1970

Abstract

Considerable interest in earthquake engineering has developed during the past decade. Due to the potential hazards involved in foundation failures of nuclear power plants, and because there is an increase in the demand for earth dams throughout the world together with a decrease in desirable sites, it has become imperative that reliable techniques be developed to predict the response of soils to earthquake induced forces. As an integral part of such an endeavor, this research program was directed toward the identification of the various factors which significantly influence the development of pore pressure in saturated sands subjected to cyclic stress loadings, and toward the investigation of the qualitative effects of these factors on the cyclic strength.

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Civil Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Civil Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

John Bryan Carney Jr.

Second Committee Member

Cornie Leonard Hulsbos

Third Committee Member

Richard Hudson Clough

Fourth Committee Member

Richard Charles Dove

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