Numerical modeling of liquefaction and comparison with centrifuge tests

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-211

  Byrne, Peter M ^a   Park, Sung Sik ^a   Beaty, Michael ^b   Sharp, Michael ^c   Gonzales, Lenart ^d   Abdoun, Tarek ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES   (United States)

^c Centrifuge Research Center   (United States)

^d RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth limitation; Dynamic centrifuge modeling; Liquefaction; Numerical modeling

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; EARTH (PLANET); EARTHQUAKES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REMEDIATION;

CENTRIFUGE TESTS;

LIQUEFACTION;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING; GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING; LIQUEFACTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 1842704594     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/t03-088     Document Type: Article

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