Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Handbook by Robert W. Day





ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful for the contributions of the many people who helped make this book. Special

thanks are due to the International Conference of Building Officials, who sponsored the

author’s work. I would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions:





Professor Nelson, who provided Fig. 3.46 and additional data concerning the Turnagain

Heights landslide.

Thomas Blake, who provided assistance in the use and understanding of his

EQSEARCH, EQFAULT, and FRISKSP computer programs.

Professor Robert Ratay, who reviewed the proposed content of the book and provided

many helpful suggestions during its initial preparation.

Professor Charles C. Ladd, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who reviewed the

draft of the author’s book titled Geotechnical and Foundation Engineering: Design and

Construction, portions of which have been reproduced in this book.

I am also indebted to Gregory Axten, president of American Geotechnical, for his support

and encouragement during the development of the book. I would also like to thank

Tom Marsh for his invaluable assistance during the preparation of the book, Rick Walsh

for his help with the engineering analyses, and Eric Lind for supplying some of the deep

foundation photographs.

Tables and figures taken from other sources are acknowledged where they occur in the

text. Finally, I wish to thank Larry Hager, Penny Linskey, Sherri Souffrance, and others on

the McGraw-Hill editorial staff, who made this book possible and refined my rough draft

into this finished product.


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