Verification of the soil-type specific correlation between liquefaction resistance and shear-wave velocity of sand by dynamic centrifuge test

Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 165-177

  Zhou, Yan Guo ^a   Chen, Yun Min ^a   Shamoto, Yasuhiro ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Centrifuge models; Correlation; Cyclic tests; Earthquakes; Sand; Sand, Soil type; Shear waves; Soil liquefaction; Velocity

Indexed keywords

BENDER ELEMENTS; CENTRIFUGE MODELS; CENTRIFUGE TESTS; CORRELATION; CYCLIC RESISTANCE; CYCLIC TESTS; DYNAMIC CENTRIFUGE MODEL TESTS; ENGINEERING PRACTICES; ENGINEERING PROJECT; GRANULAR SOILS; LIQUEFACTION POTENTIALS; LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE; SANDY SOILS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SHEAR-WAVE VELOCITY; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL TYPES; TEST RESULTS;

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY; CENTRIFUGATION; CENTRIFUGES; CYCLIC LOADS; EARTHQUAKES; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SHEAR FLOW; SHEAR WAVES; SILICA; SILICA SAND; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; TESTING;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CENTRIFUGAL MODEL TEST; CORRELATION; DATABASE; GRANULAR MEDIUM; LIQUEFACTION; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; S-WAVE; SAND; SILICA; SOIL TYPE; TRIAXIAL TEST;

EID: 75949123961     PISSN: 10900241     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0000193     Document Type: Article

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