Earthquake Engineering for Rock, Slopes, and Excavations
A Portable Practice Handbook on Seismic Velocity, Attenuation, and Geotechnical Civil ApplicationsBy Yusuke Aritomi
Length12h 23m
About this audiobook
Between a design spectrum and a decision about a slope lie a dozen calculations, and most of them are made in the field. This handbook keeps them in your bag.
You will characterise ground motion, run deterministic and probabilistic hazard analyses, and build a design spectrum. You will measure shear wave velocity by borehole and surface wave methods, interpret rock mass quality, velocity, attenuation and anisotropy in fractured ground, and select modulus reduction and damping curves for site response analysis.
Liquefaction chapters take you from cyclic stress ratio to settlement, lateral spreading and residual strength. Slope chapters cover pseudo-static and Newmark displacement analysis, stereonet kinematics and rock bolt and shotcrete support, followed by seismic earth pressures, braced and tied-back excavations, ground improvement and instrumentation. Written for practising geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists and graduate students.
What you will learn:
• Characterise earthquake sources and magnitude, and interpret strong ground motion records for engineering use.
• Perform deterministic and probabilistic seismic hazard analyses and construct a design spectrum.
• Plan site investigations and measure shear wave velocity using borehole and surface wave methods.
• Assess rock mass quality, velocity, attenuation and anisotropy in fractured ground.
• Select modulus reduction and damping curves, and run one-dimensional site response analysis.
• Evaluate liquefaction triggering, post-liquefaction settlement, lateral spreading and residual strength.
• Apply pseudo-static and Newmark displacement methods to seismic slope stability.
• Design rock slope support using stereonet kinematics, rock bolts and shotcrete.
• Estimate seismic earth pressures, and design braced and tied-back excavations, ground improvement and monitoring systems.
This portable handbook is written for practising geotechnical engineers, engineering geologists, and graduate students who need seismic velocity, attenuation, and geotechnical civil applications at their fingertips, whether in the office or on site.
Audiobook details
GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length12 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateSep 27, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Earthquake Engineering for Rock, Slopes, and Excavations
2Foreword
3Preface
4About This Book
5Important Safety Notice
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6Chapter 1: Earthquake Sources and Magnitude
71.1 Plate Boundaries, Fault Types and Rupture Geometry
81.2 Elastic Rebound, Seismic Moment and Moment Magnitude
91.3 Magnitude Scales and Intensity
101.4 Recurrence, Fault Slip Rates and Source-to-Site Geometry
11Chapter 2: Strong Ground Motion
122.1 Peak Ground Motion Parameters and Duration
132.2 Response Spectra and Fourier Spectra
142.3 Ground Motion Prediction Equations and Record Selection
15Chapter 3: Seismic Hazard Analysis
163.1 Deterministic Seismic Hazard Analysis
173.2 Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis
183.3 Return Period, Exceedance Probability and Deaggregation
193.4 Uniform Hazard and Design Spectra
20Chapter 4: Site Investigation and Shear Wave Velocity
214.1 Borings, Sampling and In-Situ Testing
224.2 Cone Penetration Testing and Correlations
234.3 Borehole Seismic Methods: Crosshole, Downhole and Suspension Logging
244.4 Surface Wave, Refraction and Average Velocity to 30 m
25Chapter 5: Rock Mass Quality, Velocity, Attenuation and Anisotropy
265.1 Rock Quality Designation, Joint Sets and Spacing
275.2 Rock Mass Classification Indices
285.3 Velocity, Porosity and Stress Relationships
295.4 Attenuation and Seismic Anisotropy in Fractured Rock
30Chapter 6: Dynamic Properties of Soil
316.1 Small-Strain Shear Modulus and Elastic Properties
326.2 Modulus Reduction and Damping Curves
336.3 Cyclic Triaxial, Simple Shear and Resonant Column Testing
34Chapter 7: One-Dimensional Site Response
357.1 Wave Propagation in Layered Profiles
367.2 Equivalent Linear and Nonlinear Analysis
377.3 Input Motion Selection and Surface Spectra
387.4 Site Factors, Impedance Contrast and Basin Effects
39Chapter 8: Liquefaction Triggering and Consequences
408.1 Susceptibility Screening and Cyclic Stress Ratio
418.2 Cyclic Resistance from Penetration Data and Factor of Safety
428.3 Post-Liquefaction Settlement and Lateral Spreading
438.4 Residual Strength and Post-Liquefaction Stability
44Chapter 9: Seismic Slope Stability
459.1 Pseudo-Static Analysis and Seismic Coefficient Selection
469.2 Yield Acceleration and Newmark Sliding-Block Displacement
479.3 Decoupled and Coupled Sliding Analyses
489.4 Tolerable Displacement and Design Judgement
49Chapter 10: Rock Slope Engineering
5010.1 Stereonet Kinematic Analysis
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