Mapping liquefaction potential considering spatial correlations of CPT measurements

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1178-1187

  Liu, Chia Nan ^a   Chen, Chien Hsun ^a  

^a National Chi Nan University   (China)

Author keywords

Liquefaction; Mapping; Random processes; Spatial analysis; Spatial data

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAPPING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RELIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

CONE PENETRATION TEST (CPT) MEASUREMENTS; FIELD TEST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; SPATIAL DATA;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; EARTHQUAKE; LIQUEFACTION; MAPPING METHOD; SOIL DYNAMICS; SOIL PROPERTY;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; SOIL BURIAL TEST; SOIL RESISTANCE; STRUCTURAL PROPERTY;

EID: 33747346412     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1090-0241(2006)132:9(1178)     Document Type: Article

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