Introduction to Soil Dynamics

Soil mechanics and foundation engineering have traditionally studied the behavior of soils and foundations under static loads. On the other hand, soil dynamics can be affected by earthquakes, wind, heavy traffic, machines that produce harmonic or pulsed movements, construction activities such as pile manufacturing, soil improvement, explosions in mines, etc. It deals with the behavior of soils and foundations under dynamic loads caused by Improvements in soil dynamics intensified especially after the 1964 Niigata Earthquake, and engineers tried to better understand the behavior of soils under such loads in order to create safer design methods.
This book has been prepared with the aim of guiding students, engineers and colleagues who want to learn about the subject of soil dynamics, starting from the basic concepts, the behavior of soils under dynamic loads is tried to be presented in a general framework, and the subjects are introduced to engineers who want to learn more. has been studied.