Description:
The International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) encourages publication and dissemination of research and development on geotechnical engineering, geophysics and geothermal engineering, pavement engineering, engineering seismology, engineering geology, disaster mitigation... Show More
The International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) encourages publication and dissemination of research and development on geotechnical engineering, geophysics and geothermal engineering, pavement engineering, engineering seismology, engineering geology, disaster mitigation, and structural engineering. This journal presents original articles on the latest findings and industry solutions for those fields by the leading experts. The journal reports and archives cutting-edge research in a timely manner in the form of original research articles, review articles, technical notes, and discussion.
Mission & Scope:
The mission of the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) is to publish a bi-annual publication of peer-reviewed articles on research and development in analytic, experimental, and field studies of geotechnical and earthquake engineering. It will also include inter-allied areas of (but not limited to) geophysics and geothermal engineering, pavement engineering... Show More
The mission of the International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (IJGEE) is to publish a bi-annual publication of peer-reviewed articles on research and development in analytic, experimental, and field studies of geotechnical and earthquake engineering. It will also include inter-allied areas of (but not limited to) geophysics and geothermal engineering, pavement engineering, engineering seismology, engineering geology, hazard mitigation, and structural engineering. This journal provides timely articles on cutting edge research. The journal draws research and development from scientists and engineers worldwide in the fields of earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, geophysics, and engineering seismology. Work on experimental, analytic, design, field studies, and case histories are encouraged
Coverage:
- Blast induced ground vibration studies
- Case histories
- Constitutive behavior of materials under dynamic loading conditions
- Design of geotechnical structures under earthquake or impact loads
- Disaster mitigation tools and planning strategies for earthquakes, tsunamis, seiches, etc.
- Dynamic behavior and seismic design of geotechnical structures, such as retaining walls, reinforced earth walls and structures, earth dams, levees, tailing ponds, tunnels, underground structures, etc.
- Dynamic soil-structure interaction
- Earthquake engineering
- Earthquake engineering reliability and risk analysis
- Engineering seismology, geology, and geomorphology studies relevant to earthquake problems
- Field, experimental, and numerical simulation of liquefaction behavior of soils
- Foundation design for earthquake loading
- Geophysics and geothermal engineering
- Geotechnical earthquake engineering
- Geotechnical Engineering
- Ground improvement techniques for mitigation of earthquake hazards
- Instrumentation and monitoring of earthquake hazards
- Landslide monitoring techniques
- Lifelines earthquake engineering
- Liquefaction
- Mathematical and numerical methods and system identification in soil dynamics relevant to earthquake phenomena
- Pavement engineering
- Practical methods including case studies, earthquake case histories, and tsunamis
- Probabilistic methods in seismology
- Project reports
- Seismic instrumentation
- Seismic microzonation principles, practices, and methods
- Seismic response of bridges and other special geotechnical structures
- Seismic response of buildings
- Seismic slope stability and landslides
- Site characterization using geotechnical and geophysical field and laboratory techniques
- Site effects and geotechnical aspects
- Site response analysis
- Soil dynamics and foundations
- Study of site response through instrumentation
- Wave propagation in soils and rocks
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This journal operates under the Hybrid Open Access model,
allowing the author to choose between traditional, subscription-based publishing, or Open Access publishing.
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Fair Use Policy
for sharing allowances conducive to Green Open Access.
Open Access Publishing:
Article manuscripts receive the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
(CC BY 4.0) licensing arrangement. The copyright for the work remains solely with the author(s) of
the article. Others may distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon the work, even commercially, without asking
prior permission from the publisher or author and so long as they credit the author for the original creation.
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IGI Global recognizes that many researchers may not know where to begin when searching for OA funding opportunities. IGI Global recently
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All inquiries regarding IJGEE should be directed to the attention of:
All inquiries regarding IJGEE should be directed to the attention of:T.G. Sitharam and J. S. Vinod
Editors-in-Chief
International Journal of Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
Email:
ijgee@igi-global.comEditor(s)-in-Chief Biography
T.G. Sitharam is a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India). He obtained master's degree in geotechnical engineering from Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore, India) in 1986 and a PhD in civil engineering from University of Waterloo (Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) in 1991. Further, he worked as a post doctoral researcher at Center for Earth Sciences and Engineering (CESE), University of Texas at Austin (Texas, USA) until 1994. He has served as a visiting professor in Dolhousie University and University of Waterloo (Canada) and Yamaguchi University (Japan). His research interests are in the area of earth science and engineering in particular geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and rock mechanics. He is convener and member of working group of experts of geotechnical engineers in geohazards programm of National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Govt of India. He is also member of Programme Advisory and Monitoring Committee (PAMC) for the nationally coordinated programme on Seismicity by Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) and Department of Science and Technology (DST) DST, Govt of India. He was a member of TC 29 Laboratory Stress Strain Strength Testing of Geomaterials, International Society of Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for the year 2001-2005. Professor Sitharam has guided twelve Ph.D students, three MSc(Engg) students and several ME project students. Currently he has six doctoral students working with him for their PhD degrees. He has written two text books, one on applied elasticity and the other on soil mechanics and foundation engineering, and also guest edited volumes on geotechnics and earthquake hazards for
Current Science and seismic microzonation for
Journal of Earth System Science.