The Building Standard Law of Japan and related Enforcement Order and Notifications have been substantially revised since the year 2000 to introduce a performanc
Few studies of wave propagation in layered saturated soils have been reported in the literature. In this paper, a general solution of the equation of wave motio
The seismic behavior of tall buildings can be greatly affected by non-linear soil-pile interaction during strongearthquakes. In this study a 20-storey building