Annual probability and return period of soil liquefaction in Yuanlin, Taiwan attributed to Chelungpu Fault and Changhua Fault

Engineering Geology

Volumn 114, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 343-353

  Lee, Ya Fen ^a   Chi, Yun Yao ^b   Juang, C Hsein ^c,d   Lee, Der Her ^e  

^a TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Clemson University   (United States)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Annual liquefaction probability; Cone penetration test; Reliability index; Return period; Standard penetration test

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL LIQUEFACTION PROBABILITY; ANNUAL PROBABILITIES; CHICHI EARTHQUAKE; CONE PENETRATION TESTS; ENGINEERING PLANNING; LIQUEFACTION POTENTIALS; LIQUEFACTION RESISTANCE; MODEL UNCERTAINTIES; RETURN PERIODS; SEISMIC HAZARDS; SITE-SPECIFIC; SOIL PARAMETERS; STANDARD PENETRATION TEST;

RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL MECHANICS; SOILS; STANDARDS; TESTING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

CONE PENETRATION TEST; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; FAULT; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LIQUEFACTION; LOADING; PROBABILITY; RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; SEISMIC HAZARD; SITE EFFECT; SOIL MECHANICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

TAIWAN;

EID: 77955176102     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2010.05.012     Document Type: Article

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