Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

The primary goal of geotechnical earthquake engineering is to understand how rocks and soils react to dynamic loadings caused by earthquakes, blasting, pile driving, machine vibrations, ocean waves, transportation, etc., and to solve related seismic problems. Earthquakes are the worst natural disasters and cause significant loss of life and damage to property. Additionally, they often also substantially impede transportation and civil engineering construction. In spite of some success in this area, several post-earthquake disaster investigations have reminded us of the need for further research in this area. Hence, this Special Issue provides an excellent platform for researchers in the field of geotechnical earthquake engineering to disseminate novel research carried out in this topic to help avert disasters and reduce loss of lives occurring due to earthquakes. 

Potential topics of discussion include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

1. Design of geotechnical structure subjected to earthquake or impact loading;
2. Dynamic behaviour and seismic design of geotechnical structures;
3. Dynamic properties of soils and rocks;
4. Dynamic soil structure interaction;
5. Engineering seismology;
6. Ground improvement techniques for mitigation of earthquake hazards;
7. Constitutive behaviour of soils and rocks under dynamic loading conditions;
8. Liquefaction;
9. Field experimentation, and numerical simulation of liquefaction behaviour of soils;
10. Seismic slope stability and landslides;
11. Case histories;
12. Blast generated ground vibration research;
13. Soil dynamics and foundations;
14. Wave propagation in soils and rocks;
15. Seismic instrumentations;
16. Seismic response of buildings;
17. Seismic response of bridges;
18. Pavement engineering;
19. Seismic microzonation principles and practices.

Dr. Troyee Dutta
Guest Editor

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