Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V
Progress of Liquefaction Ageing in Seismically Active Japan
Publication: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Liquefaction Triggering, Consequences, and Mitigation (GSP 290)
ABSTRACT
This paper addresses the quantitative evaluation of ageing effects on liquefaction resistance of sand on the basis of experiences during recent earthquakes. Because of the practical needs of the people, emphasis is placed on the ageing in the recent 1000 years that have not been studied in details. Many uncertainties in case histories led to the idea of upper and lower bounds of ageing that successfully indicated the progress of ageing. The interest was extended to archaeological aspects and the site of an ancient man-made island, which had been missed for centuries, was identified. One of the very important causes of ageing is identified to be dislocation of sand grains and the minor cyclic shear during earthquakes promotes ageing. Therefore, seismically active countries enjoy increase of liquefaction resistance more rapidly than inactive countries.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The present study was partially supported financially by Tokyo Gas Company. Important subsoil data was provided by the Geotechnical Database for Kanto Region by JGS, Geotechnical Database by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, Kansai Geo-informatics Database, Geoenvironmental Information Bank of Chiba and Dr. Seiji Suwa. The intensity of ground motion was obtained from K-NET of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention. Borehole data was analyzed by Messrs. Y. Taguchi, T. Hayashida, S. Goto, Y. Shintaku, Y. Hamada and S. Aoyama. The author expresses his sincere thanks to the assistances mentioned above.
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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Liquefaction Triggering, Consequences, and Mitigation (GSP 290)
Pages: 473 - 483
Editors: Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, and Majid T. Manzari, Ph.D., George Washington University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8145-5
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Published online: Jun 7, 2018
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Archaeology
- Case studies
- Continuum mechanics
- Design (by type)
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Earthquake engineering
- Earthquakes
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- History and Heritage
- Load and resistance factor design
- Load factors
- Methodology (by type)
- Motion (dynamics)
- Practice and Profession
- Research methods (by type)
- Seismic effects
- Seismic tests
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Solid mechanics
- Structural design
- Tests (by type)
- Uncertainty principles
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