Spatial variation in liquefaction risk

Geotechnique

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 819-831

  Fenton, G A ^a   Vanmarcke, E H ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Numerical modelling and analysis; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

RANDOM FIELD METHOD;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

LIQUEFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EID: 0032453080     PISSN: 00168505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1680/geot.1998.48.6.819     Document Type: Article

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