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Proceedings of sessions of Geo-Denver 2000, held in Denver, Colorado, August 5-8, 2000. Sponsored by the Geo-Institute of ASCE.

This Geotechnical Special Publication contains 13 papers presenting cutting-edge information of practical interest on active research in the field of soil dynamics and geotechnical earthquake engineering.

Topics include:

• methods for liquefaction assessment,
•  constitutive modeling,
•  cyclic shear strength,
•  dynamic soil-structure interaction,
•  dam engineering,
•  soil improvement,
•  in situ testing, and
•  probabilistic methods.

These papers demonstrate how combinations of modern computational methods and experimental research can help to advance the understanding of both fundamental and applied problems.