Liquefied strength ratio from liquefaction flow failure case histories

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 629-647

  Olson, Scott M ^a   Stark, Timothy D ^a  

^a URS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Flow failure; Kinetics; Liquefaction; Liquefied shear strength; Penetration resistance; Stability analysis

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); LINEAR SYSTEMS; LIQUEFACTION; SHEAR STRENGTH; STRESSES;

FLOW FAILURE;

SOILS;

LIQUEFACTION; PENETRATION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 0036019748     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t02-001     Document Type: Article

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