Accounting for soil aging when assessing liquefaction potential

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 363-377

  Leon, Evangelia ^a   Gassman, Sarah L ^b   Talwani, Pradeep ^c  

^a Florence and Hutcheson Inc   (United States)

^b University of South Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cementation; Liquefaction; Sand; Soils

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CORRELATION METHODS; FRICTION; SAND; SOILS;

CEMENTATION; CONE PENETRATION TEST; EMPIRICAL BOUNDARY CURVES; FRICTIONAL RESISTANCE; STANDARD PENETRATION TEST;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

LIQUEFACTION; SOIL PROPERTY;

AGING; FRICTION; SOIL RESISTANCE;

EID: 32944482193     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:3(363)     Document Type: Article

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