Modelling of probability liquefaction based on standard penetration tests using the jointly distributed random variables method

Engineering Geology

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-14

  Johari, A ^a   Khodaparast, A R ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Jointly distributed random variables method; Liquefaction; Monte Carlo simulation; Probability; Standard penetration tests

Indexed keywords

HORIZONTAL EARTHQUAKE ACCELERATION; JOINTLY DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES; JOINTLY DISTRIBUTED RANDOM VARIABLES METHODS; LIQUEFACTION POTENTIALS; PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENTS; PROBABILITY OF LIQUEFACTION; SOIL LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL; STANDARD PENETRATION TEST;

EARTHQUAKES; LIQUEFACTION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RANDOM VARIABLES;

SOIL LIQUEFACTION;

EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE; LIQUEFACTION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PENETRATION TEST; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOIL DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876967831     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2013.02.007     Document Type: Article

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