Effects of spatial variability on soil liquefaction: Some design recommendations

Geotechnique

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1019-1036

  Popescu, R ^a   Prevost, J H ^b   Deodatis, G ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In situ testing; Liquefaction; Numerical modelling and analysis; Sands; Shear strength; Statis tical analysis

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SAND; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION); SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL TESTING;

SPATIAL VARIABILITY;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

DYNAMIC RESPONSE; LIQUEFACTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRENGTH;

EID: 0031439839     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1997.47.5.1019     Document Type: Article

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