Liquefaction Timing and Post-Triggering Seismic Energy: A Comparison of Crustal and Subduction Zone Earthquakes
Publication: Geo-Congress 2024
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The objective of the study is to assess when liquefaction is triggered in a suite of ground motions following simplified approaches and measure the remaining post-triggering energy content of those ground motions. For liquefaction-induced deformations, current simplified analysis procedures do not directly incorporate temporal effects and rely on peak transient intensity measurements. Liquefaction hazard from short-duration, small to moderate-magnitude (M) earthquakes (M4.5–7.5) is adequately expressed using transient intensity measurements. However, subduction-zone interface earthquakes can have magnitudes greater than 9.0, with ground-motion durations exceeding 300 s. Using 525 ground motions from the NGA-Subduction (NGA-Sub) database for subduction-zone earthquakes with M8.25–9.25, the timing of liquefaction was calculated using cyclic counting procedures by assuming a reference stress condition and incorporating cyclic strengths from laboratory element testing. A complementary analysis was completed using 514 crustal ground motion records from the NGA-West2 database for M6.75–7.75. Several trends were identified during this study. First, liquefaction will likely trigger during the first half of the ground motion duration, independent of the earthquake source type. However, subduction-zone motions have larger post-triggering energy content compared to crustal earthquakes. The findings from this work indicate that accurately predicting liquefaction-induced deformations from subduction-zone earthquakes may be substantially improved by using robust time-based liquefaction analysis procedures.
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Published online: Feb 22, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Comparative studies
- Computing in civil engineering
- Continuum mechanics
- Databases
- Deformation (mechanics)
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Earthquakes
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Geotechnical investigation
- Ground motion
- Information Technology (IT)
- Methodology (by type)
- Research methods (by type)
- Soil dynamics
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Solid mechanics
- Structural mechanics
- Transient response
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