Geotechnical Hazards from Large Earthquakes and Heavy Rainfalls

Initial Trigger for Slope Failures in Volcanic Ash Layer of Hillside Surface in Izu-Oshima Island in Japan due to a Typhoon Rainfall in 2013.- A Case Study on Silty Sand Liquefaction.- Bearing Capacity of Breakwater Mound under Tsunami-induced Seepage Flow.- Verification of improvement effectiveness by compaction methods during the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake.- Development of rational soil liquefaction countermeasure consisting of lattice-shaped soil improvement by jet grouting for existing housing estates.- Uplift Mechanism of Rectangular Tunnel in Liquefied Soils.- Seismic Response of Geosynthetic Reinforced Earth Embankment on Different Soil Foundation.- Development of a new in-place cement-mixing method by high pressure injection.- Use of Swedish weight sounding tests for detecting liquefiable backfills reclaimed in iron sand mining pits in Asahi city of Chiba in Japan.- GIS-based study on liquefaction-induced soil subsidence in the Urayasu area due to the 2011off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake.- Effects of non-plastic fines on undrained cyclic behavior of loose sand.- An investigation on the liquefaction-induced sloped ground failure during the 1964 Niigata Earthquake.- Laboratory Experiments on Seepage in Liquefied Sand.- Effects of Cyclic Triaxial Loading Rates on Liquefaction Behavior of Fine-Grained Soils.- Effect of Gravel Content on Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Sand.- Effects of overconsolidation, cement stabilisation and unsaturation on the liquefaction resistance of Urayasu sand.- Loessial Landslides Induced by the Minxian-Zhangxian Ms6.6 Earthquake of China in 2013.- Numerical Simulation of Run-out Behavior of Earthquake-induced Landslides.- The geometric characteristics and initiation mechanisms of the earthquake-triggered Daguangbao landslide.- Centrifuge Modeling of Relationships between Earthquake Intensities and scales of post-quake Triggering Rainfall and Landslide.- Time-prediction method of the onset of a rainfall-induced landslide based on the monitoring of surface displacement and groundwater level in the slope.- Typhoon Rainfall Induces Slope Creep, Groundwater Variation, and Slope movement.- Topographic Characteristic of the Rainfall Inducing landslide in Slate Stratum–Case of Ai-Liao Catchment, South Taiwan.- Site Investigation and In Situ Testing on Shallow Landslide Scars of Natural Slopes Covered by Volcanic Ash and Pumice Fall.- Overhaul the Anchored Slopes in Taiwan.- A study by field measurement and numerical simulation about rainfall seepage mechanism in case of torrential rainfall.- Numerical simulation for the earthquake-induced deformation of a residential-land slope reinforced with landslide prevention piles.- Centrifuge model test on slope reinforcement by Rock bolt with Facing Plate.- Numerical Simulation of Post-entrainment Debris Flow at Alluvial Fan Using FLO-2D Model.- Photomicrograph Investigation of Rock Thin Sections taken from Landslides Scree by the Eastern Honshu Earthquake, 2008.- An Extension to Weiler–Atherton Clipping Algorithm for the Face-to-face Contact in Three-dimensional Discrete Element Method.- Application of Three-dimensional Discontinuous Deformation Analysis to Simulate Characteristics of Planar Translational Slope Failure.- Hazard mapping for earthquake induced geo-disaster chain.- Monitoring Techniques for Sediment Disaster in Mountant Area.- Seismic Performance of Piles from EQWEAP and Monte Carlo Simulation Analyses.- The overflow model experiment using the waterway for examining the countermeasure effect against the Tsunami-induced tide embankment scouring.- Analysis of a coastal structure damaged due to compound effect of earthquake and tsunami.- An Example of the Restoration Method of Levees Damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake.- Remediation of a Failed Slope Located at Fault Fracture Zone.- Case Study of Using the Low-Pressure Grouting Method to Uplift a Tilted Building.- A Study on the Bio-treatment Technique ofGround Improvement with Urease Micro-organisms which Live in Japan.- Behavior of Breakwater Foundation Reinforced with Steel Sheet Piles under Seismic Loading.- Shaking table model tests on mitigation of liquefaction-induced distortion of shallow foundation.- Study on the effect of union basement on decreasing destruction during liquefaction.- Analysis of the lateral force on stabilizing piles in c-φ soil.- Application of Close-Range Photogrammetry for Post-Failure Reconnaissance of a Retaining Wall.- Seismic response of a newly-developed geocell reinforced soil retaining wall backfilled with gravel by shaking table model test.- Ultimate Lateral Resistance of Piles in Soils based on Active Pile Length.- Effect of backfill reinforcement on retaining wall under dynamic loading.- Numerical study on the seismic response of waterfront retaining wall reinforced with cushion.- Factors Controlling the Behavior of Piled Foundations due to Cyclic Lateral Loading.- Centrifugal model loading testson reinforced soil retaining wall with ground water permeation.- Horizontal pressure on a non-yielding wall due to flexible and rigid strip loading.- Matric Suction and Shear Modulus of Unsaturated Compacted Lateritic Soil Subjected to Drying and Wetting.- A constant-head well permeameter measurement of saturated hydraulic conductivity in the vadose zone and the capabilities of carbon dioxide injection.- Remediation of Volcanic Ash Soil in Related to Soil Erodibility against the Heavy Rainfall.- Structural Patterns Effects on the Tensile Properties of Hexagonal Wire Meshes (12 cm x 15 cm).