PREDICTION OF LIQUEFACTION IN SAND DEPOSITS DURING EARTHQUAKES

A previously developed method for computing the progressive rise of pore pressures in saturated sands subjected to cyclic loading has been adjusted to fit data obtained from triaxial torsion tests. Also, the method has been incorporated into a computer code for the computation of pore pressures based on shear stresses obtained from an independent earthquake response analysis of the ground. The method has been applied in three case studies involving sand deposits where actual acceleration records were obtained during recent major earthquakes. The predicted behavior of the sand deposits has been compared with the observed damage related to the deposits.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This article originally appeared in Soils and Foundations, Vol. 16, No. 1, March, 1976.
• Corporate Authors:

  National Institute on Alcohol Abuse

  Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane
  Rockville, MD  United States  20852

  Department of Justice

  950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20530-0001

  Department of Transportation

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  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  University of Tokyo

  Department of Civil Engineering
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  Tokyo,   Japan  113-8656
• Authors:
  • Ishihara, K
  • LYSMER, J
  • Yasuda, S
  • Hirao, H
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: 285 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholism; Behavior; Drivers; Drunk drivers; Drunk driving; Highway safety; Intoxication; Loss and damage; Mechanical acceleration; Repeated loads; Saturated soils; Shear stress; Soils; Torsion tests; Triaxial shear tests
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00151959
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Report No. 7603
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1977 12:00AM