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Publications

Technical Papers



2023 Taylor, N. et al, 2023, ''Lessons Learned from GeoLegends, Peter K. Robertson, Ph.D., P.Eng., N.ASCE,'' GeoStrata, October/November.

Ulmer, K.J., Carlton, B., Taylor, N., and Parker, Q., 2023, ''An Expanded Data Set of Overburden (Kσ) and Initial Static Shear Stress (Kα) Correction Factors from Published Cyclic Laboratory Tests for Liquefaction Triggering Analyses,'' GeoCongress, Geotechnics of Natural Hazards, pp. 197-206.



2022 Muraleetharan, K. K., Taghavi, A. , Bounds, T. D., Miller, G. A., 2022, ''Influence of Lateral Movements of Approach Embankments on Bridges: A Case Study,'' Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities, Vol. 36, Issue 4, Aug.



2021 Wilson, P., and Law, H., 2021, ''Earthquake Ground Motions for Design of Bridges on Deep Foundations,'' Proceedings, IFCEE, Dallas, Texas.



2020 Taghavi, A., McVay, M., Niraula, L., Davidson, M., Patil, A., ''Axial and lateral resistance coupling in the analysis of large-diameter drilled shafts,'' Engineering Structures, Vol. 206, March 1, 110160.

Rahmani, A., Baez J.I., 2020, ''New Approach to Determine Composite Shear Wave Velocity of Improved Ground Sites,'' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Vol. 146, Issue 10.

Rahmani, A. , Law, H., 2020, ''Pile Diameter Effects on Initial Modulus of Subgrade Reaction for Laterally Loaded Piles'', Proceedings of 45th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Deep Foundation Institute, October 27-30.


2019 Lim, A., Sanchez, M. Correa, B., Jaradat, O., Thurairajah, A., and Arulmoli, A., 2019, ''Upgrade of Berths 226-236, Container Wharf Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles,'' Proc. Ports 2019, 15th Triennial International Conference, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.


2018 Rahmani, A., Taiebat, M., Finn, W. D. L., and Ventura, C. E., 2018, ''Evaluation of p-y springs for nonlinear static and seismic soil-pile interaction analysis under lateral loading'', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 115, pp. 438-447.

Wilson, P., Brown, E., Law, H., and Koo, J., 2018, ''Large Diameter Drilled Shafts: Load Testing and Numerical Analysis for Bridge Foundation Design,'' Proc., IFCEE, Orlando, Florida.

Wilson, P. and Elgamal, A., 2018, ''Strength of Compacted Backfill Based on Shake Table Earth Pressure Test Program,'' Proc., 11NCEE, Los Angeles, CA.

Wilson, P., Jones, M., Law, H., Treyger, S. and Allen, J., 2018, ''Seismic Demands and Performance of the Base-Isolated Sixth Street Viaduct Replacement,'' Proc., 11NCEE, Los Angeles, CA.


2017 Taghavi, A. , Muraleetharan, K. K., Miller, G. A., 2017, ''Nonlinear seismic behavior of pile groups in cement-improved soft clay,'' Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 99, Aug., pp. 189-202.

Taghavi, A. , Muraleetharan, K. K., 2017, ''Analysis of Laterally Loaded Pile Groups in Improved Soft Clay,'' Int'l Journal of Geomechanics Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 17, Issue 4, April.

Law, H. and Wilson, P., 2017, ''Displacement-Based Downdrag Analysis for Pile Design,'' Proc., PBDIII - Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Vancouver, Canada.


2016 Taghavi, A. , Muraleetharan, K. K., Miller, G. A., Cerato, A. B., 2016, ''Centrifuge Modeling of Laterally Loaded Pile Groups in Improved Soft Clay,'' Int'l Journal of Geomechanics Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, Vol. 142, Issue 4, April.

Rahmani, A. , Taiebat, M., Finn, W. D. L., and Ventura, C. E., 2016, ''Evaluation of substructuring method for seismic soil-structure interaction analysis of bridges'', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, vol. 90, pp. 112-127.

Gross, C., Aryan-Zahlan, D., Jaradat, O., Arulmoli, A., Alamir, R., Varatharaj, S., and Sloop, R., 2016, ''Seismic Upgrade of a Historic Wharf at the Port of Los Angeles,'' Proc., ASCE Ports 2016: Port Engineering Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 12-15.

Thurairajah, A., Arulmoli, K., Lim, A., Nguyen, L., Han, E., Chan, R., and Jaradat, O., 2016, ''Deepening of Berths 214-216 Container Wharf at the Port of Los Angeles,'' Proc., ASCE Ports 2016: Port Engineering Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 12-15.

Varatharaj, S., Pratheepan, K., Arulmoli, K., Schulze, C., and Chan, D., 2016, ''Seismic Improvements and Upgrade of a Wharf Using an Innovative Ground Improvement Scheme,'' Proc., ASCE Ports 2016: Port Engineering Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 12-15.

Wilson, P., Lee, A., and Law, H., 2016, ''Analysis of Laterally-Loaded Piles in MSE Embankments,'' Geotechnical and Structural Engineering Congress, pp. 138-150.


2015 Rahmani, A. , Taiebat, M., Finn, W. D. L., and Ventura, C. E., 2015, ''Nonlinear seismic soil-foundation-structure interaction for analysis of bridge systems'', Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering. Christchurch, New Zealand, Paper ID: 466.
Wilson, P. and Law, H., 2015, ''Earthquake Ground Motions for Design of the Sixth Street Viaduct,'' Structures Congress 2015, ASCE, Portland, OR.

Wilson, P. and Elgamal, A., 2015, ''Shake Table Lateral Earth Pressure Testing with Dense c-phi Backfill,'' Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering Vol. 71, pp. 13-26.


2014 Rahmani, A. , Taiebat, M., and Finn, W.D.L., 2014, ''Nonlinear dynamic analysis of Meloland Road Overpass using three-dimensional continuum modeling approach'', Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 57, pp. 121-132.

Law, H., Lam, I.P., and Wilson, P., 2014, ''Soil-Structure Interaction for Gravity Caissons in Bridge Seismic Design,'' Structures Congress 2014, ASCE, Boston, MA.

Bebamzadeh A., Rahmani, A. , Taiebat, M., Ventura C.E., and Finn W.D.L., 2014, ''Performance-based seismic design of bridges using high performance computing tools'', Proceedings of the 10th National Conference in Earthquake Engineering, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute, Anchorage, AK.

Law, H., Shamsabadi, A. and Wilson, P., 2014, ''Site-Specific Seismic Coefficients for Retaining Wall/Slope Design: Fourth Bore Caldecott Tunnel,'' Tenth U.S. National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Anchorage, AK.

A. Shamsabadi, Kapuskar, M., E. Saurer, and T. Marcher, 2014, ''Numerical Methods for Innovative Seismic Design and Analysis of Tunnel Structures Located in Highly Active Seismic Zones'', International Journal of Engineering and Innovative Technology (IJEIT), Vol. 3, Issue 5, Nov. 2013, ISSN 227-3754.


2013 Arulmoli, K., Varatharaj, S., Schulze, C., Bogage, A., and Chan, D., 2013, ''Seismic Improvements and Upgrade of Uniform and Tango Wharves Located on U.S. Naval Base Guam,'' ASCE Ports 2013, Seattle, Washington, August 25-28.

Lim, A., Martin, G.R., Arulmoli, K., Jaradat, O., Cisneros, H., Varatharaj, S., and Bachman, R. E., 2013, ''Anticipated Changes to Los Angeles Building Code Due to IBC 2012: Impact on the Seismic Design of Buildings Founded on Liquefiable Soils at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2013, Seattle, Washington, August 25-28.

Trowbridge, M., Jaradat, O., Arulmoli, K., and Baldwin, T., 2013, ''Pier E Construction Challenges at Port of Long Beach,'' ASCE Ports 2013, Seattle, Washington, August 25-28.

Varatharaj, S., Pratheepan, K., Arulmoli, K., Trowbridge, M., and Baldwin, T., 2013, ''Jet Grouting Improvement at Pier D, Port of Long Beach,'' ASCE Ports 2013, Seattle, Washington, August 25-28.

Wilson, P., Law, H., Lam, I.P., Maroney, B., and Mohan, S., 2013, ''Seismic Ground Motion Updates for California Toll Bridges,'' Seventh National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways, Oakland, CA.

Yu, M. and Law, H., 2013, ''Impact of Neglecting Mass of Embedded Pile Caps on Demand Calculation of Typical Bridge Systems,'' Seventh National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, Oakland, May 20-22.


2012 Elgamal, A., and Wilson, P., 2012, ''Full Scale Testing and Simulation of Seismic Bridge Abutment-Backfill Interaction,'' Chapter 4, Special Topics in Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Sakr, M. Ansal, A., Eds., Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

Law, H., Reza, B., Yang, J. and Pilotto, M., 2012, ''Soil-Structure-Inetraction Study and Seismic Analyses of SR-99 Tunnel,'' 12th World Tunneling Conference, Bangkok.

Rahmani, A. and Pak, A., 2012, ''Dynamic behavior of pile foundations under cyclic loading in liquefiable soils'', Journal of Computers and Geotechnics, 40, pp. 114-126.

Rahmani, A. , Ghasemifare, O. and Pak A. (2012), ''Influence of permeability on the simulation of liquefaction'', Int'l Journal of Science and Technology (SCIENTIA IRANICA), 19(2), 179-187.

Rahmani, A. , Taiebat M. Finn, W.D.L. and Ventura, C.E., 2012, ''Determination of dynamic p-y curves for pile foundations under seismic loading'' Proceedings of the 15th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Lisbon, Portugal. Paper ID: 5228.

Rahmani, A. , Taiebat, M., Finn, W.D.L. and Ventura, C.E., 2012, ''Evaluation of p-y Curves Used in Practice for Seismic Analysis of Soil-Pile Interaction'', Accepted in Geo-Congress: State of the art and practice in Geotechnical Engineering, Oakland, CA, USA.

Wilson, P., and Law, H., 2012, ''Seismic Evaluation of a Pile Foundation in Sloping Silt River Bank,'' Geocongress 2012, ASCE, Oakland, CA, pp. 900-909.


2011 Pachakis, D., Saad, G., Varatharaj, S., and Arulmoli, K., 2011, ''Issues in the Performance-Based Seismic Evaluation of Sheet Pile Quay Walls,'' Deep Foundation Institute, 36th Annual Conference on Deep Foundations, Boston, Massachusetts, October 19-21.

Rahmani, A. , and Pak, A., 2011, ''A parametric study on seismic performance of piles embedded in two-layered liquefiable grounds'', Proceedings, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2-6.

Ghasemifare O., Rahmani, A., and Pak A., 2011, ''Numerical simulation of soil settlement in liquefiable grounds'', Proceedings, 14th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering and 64th Canadian Geotechnical Conference, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2-6.

Yeung, M.R. and Thurairajah, A., 2011, ''Base Friction Modeling of Toppling Failures In Jointed Rock Slopes,'' 45th U.S. Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, ARMA, San Francisco, CA.


2010 Arulmoli, K., Varatharaj, S., Posadas, J., Afewerki, R., Jaradat, O. A., and Lim, A., 2010, ''Geotechnical Challenges Associated with the Design of a New Marine Oil Terminal at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2010, Jacksonville, Florida, April 25-28.

Ke, T., Law, H., Lam, I.P., Maroney, B., Mohan, S. and Weinstein, J., 2010, ''Ground Motion Study on Dumbarton Bridge,'' Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Symposium in Hornor of Professor I.M. Idriss, San Diego, May 24-29.

Lim, A., Aliviado, R., Jaradat, O. A., and Arulmoli, K., 2010, ''The Marine Oil Terminal Engineering and Maintenance Program at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2010, Jacksonville, Florida, April 25-28.

Shamsabadi, A. and Law, H.,2010, ''Current State of the Arts and Practice on California Toll Bridge Program,'' Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, Symposium in Hornor of Professor I.M. Idriss, San Diego, May 24-29.

Shamsabadi, A., and Kapuskar, M., 2010, ''Nonlinear Soil-Abutment-Foundation-Structure Interaction Analysis of Skewed Bridges Subjected to Near-Field Ground Motions,'' Proceedings, Transportation Research Record, 7th International Bridge Engineering Conference, Journal of Transportation Research Board, Bridge Engineering, Vol. 3, No. 2202, pp. 192-205.

Wilson, P. and Elgamal, A., 2010, ''Large-Scale Passive Earth Pressure Load-Displacement Tests and Numerical Simulation,'' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 136(12), pp. 1634-1643.

Wilson, P. and Elgamal, A. 2010, ''Passive Earth Pressure Force-Displacement Relationships,'' Fifth International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, San Diego, CA.

Lim, A., Aliviado, R., Jaradat, O. A., and Arulmoli, K., 2010, ''Berths 145-147 Container Wharf Upgrade Design and Construction at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2010, Jacksonville, Florida, April 25-28.


2009 Kamalian, M., Sohrabi-Bidar, A., Razmkhah, A., Taghavi, A. , Rahmani, I., 2009, ''Considerations on seismic microzonation in areas with two-dimensional hills,'' Journal of Earth Science, Vol. 117, May 10, pp. 783-796.

Arulmoli, K. and Martin, G.R., 2009, ''Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Issues for Pile-Supported Piers and Wharves,'' ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE2009), Oakland, California, June 28-July 1.

Lai, C., Jaradat, O. A., Weismair, M., and Arulmoli, K., 2009, ''Seismic Design Criteria for Pile-Supported Wharves at the Port of Long Beach,'' ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE2009), Oakland, California, June 28-July 1.

Aliviado, R., Lim, A., Jaradat, O. A., and Arulmoli, K., 2009, ''Seismic Upgrade of Berths 145-147 Container Wharf at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Technical Council on Lifeline Earthquake Engineering (TCLEE2009), Oakland, California, June 28-July 1.

Lam, I.P., Arduino, P., and Mackenzie-Helnwein, P., 2009, ''Soil-Pile Interaction under Kinematic Lateral Spread Loading,'' International Workshop on Soil-Foundation-Structure Interaction, Auckland, New Zealand.

Lam, I.P., Arduino, P., and Mackenzie-Helnwein, P., 2009, ''OPENSEES Soil-Pile Interaction Study under Kinematic Lateral Spread Loading,'' ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication No. 186, pp. 206-213.


2008 Law, H. K., Lam, I.P., Maroney, B., and Mohan, S., 2008, ''Development of Seismic Design Criteria for the Dumbarton and Antioch Toll Bridges, California,'' Sixth National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways: Seismic Technologies for Extreme Loads, Charleston, S.C.

Shamsabadi, A., and Kapuskar, M., 2008, ''3D Nonlinear Continuum Model for Soil-Abutment Interaction for Skewed Bridges,'' ASCE 5th International Engineering and Construction Conference, Aug. 27-29.

Sritharan, S., Fanous, A., Suleiman, M., and Arulmoli, K., 2008, ''Confinement Reinforcement Requirement for Prestressed Concrete Piles in High Seismic Regions,'' The 14th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Beijing, China, October 12-17.

Thapa, B., Van Greunen, J., Sun, Y., McRae, M. and Law, H., 2008, ''Design Analyese for a Large-Span Tunnel in Weak Rock Subject to Strong Seismic Shaking,'' Proceedsings of North American Tunneling.

Yang, C.T., Law, H., Shamsabadi, A, ''Seismic Analyses for the Fourth Bore of Caldecott Tunnel'', ASCE Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18-22.

Varatharaj, S., Arulmoli, K., Chan, D., Ahn, K., and Siriprusanan, U., 2008, ''Seismic Retrofit and Improvement of Alpha-Bravo Wharves in Guam,'' ASCE Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18-22.

Arulmoli, K., Johnson, G. S., Yin, P., Jaradat, O. A., and Mays, T. W., 2008, ''Geotechnical Considerations and Soil-Structure Interaction: Proposed ASCE Standards for Seismic Design of Piers and Wharves,'' ASCE Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, California, May 18-22.

Wilson, P. and Elgamal, A., 2008, ''Full-Scale Shake Table Investigation of Bridge Abutment Lateral Earth Pressure,'' Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 42(1), pp. 39-46.

Yang, C., Law, H., and Shamsabadi, A., 2008, ''Seismic Analyses for the Fourth Bore of Caldecott Tunnel,'' Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics IV, Sacramento, CA pp. 1-10.


2007 Arulmoli, K., Lam, I.P., Schell, B. A., Abrahamson, N. A., Santa Ana, J., and Yin, P., 2007, ''Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Port-Wide Ground Motion Study,'' ASCE Ports 2007, San Diego, California, March 25-28.

Shamsabadi, A., Rollins, K., and Kapuskar, M., 2007, ''Nonlinear Soil-Abutment-Bridge Structure Interaction for Seismic Performance-Based Design,'' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, GT/2005/024259, ASCE, 133(6), pp. 707-720, referenced in Caltrans Seismic Design Criteria.

Yin, P., Priestley, M. J. N., Martin, G.R., Weismair, M., Jaradat, O. A., and Arulmoli, K., 2007, ''Seismic Engineering Program at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2007, San Diego, California, March 25-28.

Varatharaj, S., Arulmoli, K., Brown, E. C., Mast, R., and Foxworthy, J., 2007, ''Development of a Landfill in Difficult Site Conditions at the Port of Los Angeles,'' ASCE Ports 2007, San Diego, California, March 25-28.


2006 Law, H. and Lam, I.P., 2006, ''Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Experience from Seismic Retrofit and New Design Projects of Major Toll Bridges in California'', Fifth National Seimsic Conference on Bridges and Highways, San Mateo, Sept 18-20.

Shamsabadi, A., and Kapuskar, M., 2006, ''Nonlinear Seismic Soil-Abutment-Foundation-Structure Interaction Analysis of Skewed Bridges,'' Proceedings, 22nd US-Japan Bridge Engineering Workshop, University of Reno/FHWA, Oct. 23-25, Seattle, WA, Oct. 23-26, pp. 188-201.

Shamsabadi, A., Kapuskar, M., and Zand, A., 2006, ''Three-Dimensional Nonlinear Finite-Element Soil-Abutment Structure Interaction Model for Skewed Bridges,'' Proceedings, 5th National Seismic Conference for Bridges & Highways, Paper No. B15, San Francisco, Sept. 16-20.

Shamsabadi, A., Kapuskar, M., and Martin, G., 2006, ''Nonlinear Seismic Soil-Abutment-Foundation-Structure Interaction Analysis of Skewed Bridges,'' Proceedings, 5th National Seismic Conference on Bridges & Highways, Paper No. B18, San Francisco, Sept. 16-20.

Shamsabadi, A., and Kapuskar, M., 2006, ''Practical Nonlinear Abutment Model for Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis,'' 4th Intl. Workshop on Seismic Design and Retrofit of Transportation Facilities, MCEER, San Francisco, March 13-14.

Shamsabadi, A, Law, H. and Martin, G.R., 2006, ''Comparison of Direct Method versus Substructure Method for Seismic Analyses of a Skewed Bridge,'' Fifth National Seismic Conference on Bridges and Highways, San Mateo, Sept 18-20.


2004 Arulmoli, K., Martin, G.R., Gasparro, M. G., Shahrestani, S., and Buzzoni, G, K., 2004, ''Design of Pile Foundations for Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spread Displacements,'' Geo-Trans 2004, ASCE, Los Angeles, California, July.

Yan, L., Arulmoli, K., Weismair, M., Aliviado, R., and Lam, I.P., 2004, ''Seismic Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of an Underwater Bulkhead and Wharf System.'' Geo-Trans 2004, ASCE, Los Angeles, California, July.

Dodds, A.M., Martin, G.R., Arulmoli, K., Bauleka, W., and Toan, D. V., 2004, ''Lifeline Upgrade for a Wharf in Soft Ground,'' Geo-Trans 2004, ASCE, Los Angeles, California, July.

Lam, I.P., Hubert Law, H., and Kapuskar, M., 2004, ''Design for the New San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge East Span, Soil-Structure Interaction Problems,'' Proceedings, Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects (GEO-TRANS), GeoInstitute of American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 126, Vol. 1, pp. 295-304, Los Angeles, July 27-31, also ASCE Vol. 154, No. 14.

Law, H., Lam, I., Maroney, B., and Mohan, S., 2004, ''Development of Seismic Ground Motion Criteria for New San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,'' Geotechnical Engineering for Transporation Projects, ASCE, pp. 270-277.

Mohan, S., Khotan, V.K., Stevens, R.F., Chacko, M.J., and Kapuskar, M., 2004, ''Design and Construction of Large Diameter Impact Driven Pipe Pile Foundations New East Span San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge,'' Proceedings, Geotechnical Engineering for Transportation Projects (GEOTRANS), ASCE GeoInstitute Geotechnical Special Publication No. 126, Vol. 1, Universal City, July 27-31; also Vol. 154, No. 12.

Mohan, S., Khotan, V.K., Stevens, R.F., Chacko, M.J., and Kapuskar, M., 2004, ''Design of Large Diameter Impact Driven Pipe Pile Foundations and Bay Mud Behaviors,'' New East Span San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, Proceedings, 5th Intl. Conference on Case Histories in New York, April 13-17.

Sathiyamoorthy Varatharaj and Kanthasamy K. Muraleetharan, 2004, ''A Fully Coupled Analysis Procedure for Dynamic Soil-Structure Interaction.'' Geo-Trans 2004, ASCE, Los Angeles, California, July.

Zmuda, R. and Arulmoli, K., 2004, ''Use of Displacement Piles to Improve Slope Stability at Port of Los Angeles Berth 100 Wharf.'' Ports 2004, ASCE, Houston, Texas, May 23-26.


2003 Law, H. K., and Lam, I.P., 2003, ''Evaluation of Seismic Performance for Tunnel Retrofit Project,'' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 129(7).



2002 Shamsabadi, A., Law, H., and Amini, M., 2002, ''Seismic Rock-Tunnel-Structure Interaction,'' 12th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Elsevier Science Ltd.


2001 Law, H.K. , and Lam, I.P., 2001, ''Application of Periodic Boundary for Large Pile Group,'' Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, ASCE, 127(10).


2000 Law, H. K., and Lam, I.P., 2000, ''Studies of Deep Seated Failure for Tower Foundation at Vincent Thomas Bridge,'' GeoEng2000, Melbourne, Australia.

Muraleetharan, K. K., Arulmoli, K., Foxworthy, J. E., and Wittkop, R. C., 2000, ''Seismic Design of Port of Los Angeles' Pier 400: A Geotechnical Engineering Perspective,'' 12th World Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Auckland, New Zealand, January.


1999 Law, H. and Lam, I.,1999, ''Applications of Key Block Theory and DDA at the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel Portals under Earthquake Loading'', ICADD-3, Third International Conference on Analysis of Discontinuous Deformation - from Theory to Practice, Vail, CO, June 3-4.

Law, H. Lam, I., 1999, ''Seismic Performance of the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel'', Geo Engineering for Underground Facilities, Third National Conference of the Geo-Institute of ASCE, Urbana, MI, June 13-17.

Martin, G.R., Arulmoli, K., Yan, L., Esrig, M. I., and Capelli, R. P., 1999, ''Dry Mix Soil-Cement Walls: An Application for Mitigation of Earthquake Ground Deformations in Soft and Liquefiable Soils,'' International Conference on Dry Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stbilization, Stockholm, Sweden, October.


1998 Law, H. and Ko, H., 1998, ''Modeling of Mooring Line in Soft Clay,'' CENTRIFUGE 98, Sept 23-25, Tokyo, pp. 805-810.

Law, H., Stauffer, E. and Ko, H., 1998, ''Plate Anchor Testing in Clay,'' CENTRIFUGE 98, Sept 23-25, Tokyo, pp. 799-804.

Zeghal, M., Elgamal, A-W., Zeng, X., and Arulmoli, K., 1998, ''Mechanism of Liquefaction Response in Sand-Silt Dynamic Centrifuge Tests,'' Journal of Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, September.


1997 Muraleetharan, K. K., Arulmoli, K., Wittkop, R. C., and Foxworthy, J. E., 1997, ''Use of Centrifuge and Numerical Modeling in Design of Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles,'' Transportation Research Board, 76th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., January.

Geoffrey Martin, P. Lam, L. Yan, M. Kapuskar, H. Law, 1996, ''Bridge Abutments - Modeling for Seismic Response Analysis,'' Proceedings, 4th California Dept. of Transportation, Seismic Research Workshop, Sacramento, July 9-11.


1995 Lam, I. and Cheang, L., 1995, ''Dynamic Soil-Pile Interaction Behavior in Submerged Sand,'' ASCE Special Publication No 55.

Law, H. and Ko, H., 1995, ''Dynamic Response of an Uniform Level Ground Deposit,'' First International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 14-16.

Law, H. and Ko, H., 1995, ''Earthquake Experiments of a Foundation Founded on a Sand Layer,'' First International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 14-16.

Law, H. and Ko, H., 1995, ''Model Parametric Studies of the Earthquake Response of the Embankment Dam,'' Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, MO, April 2-7.

Stauffer, E., Law, H., Pak, R. and Ko, H., 1995, ''An Application of System Identification in Dynamic Modeling,'' 1995 Engineering Mechanics Conference, ASCE, Boulder, CO, March.

McNeilan, T., Buzasi, L., and Arulmoli, K., 1995, ''Geotechnical Design for Pier 400 at the Port of Los Angeles,'' Ports '95 Conference, Tampa, Florida, March 12-15.

Muraleetharan, K. K., Arulmoli, K., Jagannath, S. V., and Thiessen, D. A., 1995, ''Performance of Two of the Port of Los Angeles' Facilities During the Northridge Earthquake,'' Third International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, April.

Tohda, J., Li, L., Hamada, T., Law, H. and Ko, H., 1995, ''Measurements of Strains Along a Buried Pipeline under Seismic Loading in a Centrifuge,'' First International Conference on Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 14-16.


1994 Law, H., Ko, H. and Scavuzzo, R., 1994, ''Simulation of O'Neill Forebay Dam, California, Subjected to the 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, '' CENTRIFUGE 94, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Singapore, pp 245-251.

Nagase, H., Ko, H., Law, H. and Pak, R., 1994, ''Permanent Displacement of Sloping Ground due to Liquefaction, '' CENTRIFUGE 94, Aug. 31-Sept. 2, Singapore, pp 239-244.

Muraleetharan, K. K., Arulmoli, K., Jagannath, S. V., Wittkop, R. C., and Foxworthy, J. E., 1994, ''Verification of a Fully-Coupled Numerical Procedure Using Centrifuge Model Tests,'' International Conference Centrifuge 94, Singapore, August 31 to September 2.

Arulmoli, K. and Arulanandan, K., 1994, ''In Situ Electrical Method for Evaluation of Stress Ratio Required to Cause Liquefaction and Dynamic Modulus,'' American Society for Testing and Materials, Symposium on Dynamic Geotechnical Testing II, Reno, Nevada, January 27-28.


1993 Arulmoli, K., 1993, ''VELACS: Selection, Distribution, and Laboratory Testing of Soils,'' International Conference on the Verification of Numerical Procedures for the Analysis of Soil Liquefaction Problems, Davis, California, Oct. 17-20''.

Bardet, J.-P., and Kapuskar, M., 1993, ''Liquefaction Sand Boils in San Francisco During 1989 Loma Prieta Earthquake, Journal of Geotechnical Engineering Division, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 119, No. 3, March''.


1992 Bardet, J.-P., Kapuskar, M., Martin, G. R., and Proubet, J., 1992, ''An Assessment of the Dynamic Response of the Marina District of San Francisco during the Loma Prieta Earthquake'', Dept. of Civil Engineering, Research Center for Computational Geomechanics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Report to National Science Foundation, Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Program, Grant No. BCS-9003656, Sept''.

Bardet, J.-P., Kapuskar, M., Martin, G. R., and Proubet, J., 1992, ''Site Response Analyses, The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Marina District, Strong Ground Motion and Ground Failure'', U.S. Geological Survey, Professional Paper 1551-F, organized by T.D. O'Rourke, Cornell University.


1991 Bardet, J.-P. and Kapuskar, M., 1991, ''The Liquefaction Sand Boils in the Marina District of San Francisco, California,'' Proceedings, 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, March 11-15, Vol. II, LP 24.

Bardet, J.-P., Kapuskar, M., Martin, G. R. and Proubet, J., 1991, ''Preliminary Results of the Dynamic Response of the Marina District of San Francisco During the Loma Prieta Earthquake'', Proceedings, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Geological Survey, San Francisco, Technical Report NCEER-91-0001, Feb. 1.

Bardet, J.-P. and Kapuskar, M., 1991, ''Preliminary Results on the Dynamic Response of the Marina District of San Francisco During the Loma Prieta Earthquake'', Proceedings, 3rd US-Japan Workshop on Earthquake Resistant Design of Lifeline Facilities and Countermeasures for Soil Liquefaction,'' Dec. 17-19, edited by T.D. O'Rourke and M. Hamada, NCEER, State University of New York, Buffalo, Technical Report NCEER-91-0001, San Francisco, CA, Feb.

Lam, P.I., Martin, G. R., and Imbsen, R., 1991, ''Modeling Bridge Foundations for Seismic Design and Retrofitting,'' Transportation Research Record 1290, Transportation Research Board - National Research Council, Washington DC''.

Law, H., Ko, H., Sture, S. and Pak, R., 1991, ''Development and Performance of a Laminar Container for Earthquake Liquefaction Studies,'' CENTRIFUGE 91, Boulder, CO, June 13-14.

Law, H., Thoda, J. and Ko, H., 1991, ''Prediction of the Performance of a Geosynthetic Reinforced Retaining Wall by Centrifuge Experiments,'' International Symposium on Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Retaining Walls'', Denver, CO, August 5-9.

Peterson, R. W. and Arulmoli, K., 1991, ''Overview of a Large Stress Chamber System,'' Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Calibration Chamber Testing'', Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, June 28-29.

Martin, G.R., Tsai, C-F., and Arulmoli, K., 1991, ''A Practical Assessment of the Site Liquefaction Effects and Remediation Needs,'' Second International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, St. Louis, Missouri, March 11-15.


1989 Speck, R., Huang, S. and Law, H., 1989, ''In Situ Plate Load Tests of Frozen Silt and Gravel,'' ASCE Conference Proceedings on Cold Regions Engineering Fifth International Conference, St. Paul, MN, Feb 6 8, pp 252-261.


1988 Asgian, M. I., Arulmoli, K., Miller, W. O., and Sanjeevan, K., 1988, ''An Expert System for Diagnosis and Treatment of Dam Seepage Problems,'' Presented at the ASCE 1988 National Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, May 9-11.


1985 Arulmoli, K., Arulanandan, K., and Seed, H. B., 1985, ''New Method for Evaluating Liquefaction Potential,'' ASCE Journal of the Geotechnical Engineering Division, January.

Mahar, L. J., Douglas, B. J., Strutynsky, A. I., Arulmoli, K., Stuckert, B. J., and Reh, J., 1985, ''The Rapid Deployment System (RDS): A Method for Conducting In Situ Soil Tests from a Moving Ice Sheet in Arctic Offshore,'' Presented at the ARCTIC '85, National Conference on Civil Engineering in Arctic Offshore, March 25-27.


1982 Arulanandan, K., and Dafalias, Y. F., and Arulmoli, K., 1982, ''In Situ Prediction of Dynamic Pore Pressures in Sand Deposits,'' Presentation at Int'l Symposium on Numerical Models in Geomechanics, Zurich, Switzerland.