Levees and Earthquakes: Averting an Impending Disaster

A centrifuge study of the behavior of levees atop peaty organic soils under earthquake loading.

Sponsors

• Funding was provided by the George E. Brown Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation through contract numbers 1208170. This award is part of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP).

Principal Investigators

• Scott J. Brandenberg, UCLA, Ph.D.
• Jonathan P. Stewart, UCLA, Ph.D., P.E.
• Anne Lemnitzer, UCI, Ph.D., P.E.
• George Mylonakis, University of Bristol, Ph.D., P.E.

Student Researchers

• Samuel Yniesta, UCLA, Ph.D. Candidate
• Riccardo Cappa, UCI, Ph.D. Candidate