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Excitation of waves in a three-layer acoustic wavegide is studied. The wave field is presented as a sum of integrals. The summation is held over all waveguide modes. The integration is performed over the temporal frequency axis. The…
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Application of performance-based design (PBD) in earthquake geotechnical design codes has been gaining attention for the past decade. Strong vibrations (e.g., earthquake loading) may generate an uplift or a partial separation of shallow…
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