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Hi Friends,
This conference will be of interest to you.
Shamsher
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Subject: Call For Papers - 4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES
IN GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND SOIL DYNAMICS
Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 11:08:07 -0500
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CALL FOR PAPERS
http://www.umr.edu/~conted/conf8767.html
Fourth International Conference on
Recent Advances
in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
and Soil Dynmaics March 26-31, 2001
and Symposium in Honor of
Professor W.D. Liam Finn March 28, 2001
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Kenji Ishihara, President of ISSMGE, Tokyo, Japan
STATE OF THE ART AND PRACTICE
SPEAKERS
W.D. Liam Finn, University of British Columbia, (Canada)
Topic: Steady State Strength and Flow Deformations
George Gazetas, National Technical University, (Greece)
Topic: Dynamic Soil Structure and Soil-Pile-Structure Interaction and Design
Practices
Ricardo Dobry, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, NY (USA)
Topic: Recent Studies on Sesmic Centrifuge Modeling of Liquefaction and its
Effects on Deep Foundations
Susumu Iai, Port and Harbour Research Institute, (Japan)
Topic: Recent Studies on Sesmic Retaining Structure and Design Practices
D. Hartford, BC Hydro, (Canada)
Topic: Risk Management in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Including
Seismic Risk Analysis in Embankment
Ahmed W.M. Elgamal, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
Topic: Dynamic Soil Properties, Seismic Downhole Arrays and Applications in
Practice
I.M. Idriss, University of California, Davis, CA (USA)
Topic: Ground Motion Amplification/Attenuation and Design Motions
Farroukh Nadim, Norwegian Geotech Institute, Oslo, (Norway)
Topic: Marine Geotechnology Including Dynamic Wave Action
Tom O'Rourke, Cornell University, NY (USA)
Topic: Recent Advances in LifeLine Earthquake Engineering and Practice
Kenneth H. Stokoe, II, University of Texas, Austin, TX (USA)
Topic: Recent Advances in In-Situ Dynamic Soil Property Maesurement and
Practical Application
Ed Kavajanjian, GeoSyntec Consultants, CA (USA)
Topic: Earthquake-Resistant Design of Hazardous Waste Containment Facilities
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Scott Steedman, Gibb, Ltd., Berkshire (UK)
Topic: Liquefaction of Deep Saturated Sands Under High Effective Confining
Stress
Raymond B. Seed, University of California - Berkeley, CA (USA)
Topic: Liquefaction Analysis, Ground Motions and Practical Applications
Kyle Rollins, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT (USA) and
Scott Ashford, University of California, San Diego, CA (USA)
Topic: Insitu Liquefaction and Lateral Loading on Piles and Similar Issues
Pedro Simao Seco e Pinto, Laboratorio Nacional de Engineer Civil, Lisboa,
(Portugal)
Topic: Dam Engineering-Earthquake Analysis
Organized by:
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-ROLLA
IN COOPERATION WITH:
1. International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
2. International Association for Earthquake Engineering (IAEE)
3. Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
4. ASCE, Mid Missouri Chapter
5. Seismological Society of America
6. ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling
7. ASFE: Professional Firms Practicing in the Geosciences
8. University of California, San Diego, California
9. California State University, Sacramento, California
10. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
11. Technical Committees of the International Society of Soil Mechanics
and Geotechnical Engineering:
a) TC 2 on Certrifuge Testing
b) TC 4 on Earthquake Geotech. Engr.
c) TC 7 on Tailings Dams,
d) TC 9 on Geosynthetics
e) TC 11 on Landslides,
f) TC 20 on Professional Practice
g) TC 29 on Stress-Strain Testing,
h) TC 32 on Risk Assessment & Mgmt.
i) TC 34 on Deformation of Earth Mats.
12. Financial Cosponsors:
Seismological Institute of Lanzhou
THEMES FOR DISCUSSION
Recent Developments and State of Practice on the Themes:
1. Dynamic Propertities for Soils, Engineering Soil Parameters and
Constitutive Relations, New Field and Laboratory Methods and Results.
2. Wave Propagation, Engineering Vibrations and Solutions, Vibrations of
Machine Foundations, Blast, Traffic and
Construction Vibrations, Vibration Absorption.
3. Engineering Seismology: Near Fault and Directivity Effects, Geometric
Effects on Ground Motions, Motion Parameters
for Design. Local Site Effects: One Dimensional Wave Propagation Predictions
and Measurements, Nonlinear versus Equivalent
Linear Analysis, Effective Stress versus Total Stress Analysis, Borehole
Arrays, Interpretation of Field Array Data, Site Amplification.
4. Soil Amplification; Liquefaction and Ground Failures, Seismic Studies of
Loma Prieta, Northridge, Kobe and other Recent
Earthquakes, Spatial Liquefaction.
5. Stability and Displacement Performance of Slopes, Landfills and Earth
Dams Under Earthquakes.
6. Soil-Structure Interaction Under Dynamic Loading, for both Shallow and
Deep Foundations.
7. Seismic Analysis and Design of Retaining and Marine Structures, Field
Studies on Retaining Walls in California, Japan and
around the World.
8. Seismic Analysis and Retrofit of Foundations of Bridges and Other
Sub-Structures, Seismic Retrofit Projects and Procedures
in California.
9. Model and Full-Scale Tests of Geotechnical Structures Including
Centrifuge Tests.
10. Case Histories of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Failures and
Geotechnical Analysis of Recent Earthquakes.
11. Seismic Zonation: Earthquake Risk Asessment with Earthquake Risk
Management, Microzonation Projects in California,
Use of Building Codes to Reduce Earthquake Hazards in California.
12. Recent Seismic Developments in California and Geotechnical
Earthquake Engineering in the 21st Century.
SHORT COURSE ON SOIL DYNAMICS
A 1-1/2 day short course on Soil Dynamics by Shamsher Prakash and Ahmed W.M.
Elgamal will be held on March 25-26, 2001 in San Diego, CA. The topics will
cover Dynamic Soil Properties, Elementary Seismology, Ground Motion
Amplification, Liquefaction Analysis of Soils, Stability Analysis of Rigid
Retaining Walls, Bridge Abutments, etc.
Please ask for details by returning the Preregistration Form.
SPECIAL FEATURE
Young engineers and scientists (30 years or younger) will be given a special
break in the conference fees.
These professionals are, therefore, especially encouraged to contribute.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Authors are invited to submit three copies of abstracts of about 500 words
of original unpublished papers to the conference chairman before November
30, 1999. The abstracts must contain sufficient detail to permit a critical
review.
The following information must be supplied with the abstract:
1. Name of the author for correspondence.
2. Postal address of each author with e-mail/fax/telephone numbers.
3. Theme of your paper (see Themes for Discussion 1-12).
Final acceptance of the paper will be based on review of the completed
manuscript. The proceedings will be produced on CD-ROM and copyrighted by
the University of Missouri-Rolla.
SUBMISSION OF FULL PAPERS
The manuscripts of the full papers should reach the organizers no later than
August 1, 2000.
The following are required:
1. Original and two copies on 8.5 " x 11" paper.
2. 1 HD 3.5" Diskette containing text only on WordPerfect
or Microsoft Word.
IMPORTANT DATES
November 30, 1999 Last Date for Receipt of Abstracts
August 1, 2000 Last Date for Full Manuscripts
January 31, 2001 Distribution of Proceedings CD-ROM
March 25-26, 2001 Short Course on Soil Dynamics
March 26-31, 2001 Dates of the Conference
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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accommodations, social events, spouses' program,
exhibition and post conference tours will be sent to persons who have
preregistered, and will be posted on the
World Wide Web at the following URL address:
http://www.umr.edu/~conted/conf8767.html
Correspondence and inquiries should be addressed to:
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Shamsher Prakash
Conference Chairman
308 Civil Engineering
University of MO-Rolla
Rolla, MO 65409-0030 USA
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Tel.: 1-573-341-4489
FAX: 1-573-341-6553/4729
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Conference Coordinator
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PRE-REGISTRATION FOR THE
4th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT ADVANCES IN GEOTECHNICAL EARTHQUAKE
ENGINEERING
AND SOIL DYNAMICS
MARCH 26-31, 2001
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