Characterizing the Liquefaction Potential and Pore Pressure Generation of Silty Sands through the Energy-Based Approach in the Framework of Critical State Soil Mechanics
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 150, Issue 10
Abstract
Evaluation of the liquefaction susceptibility of soils is one of the most important subjects in geotechnical earthquake engineering. The energy-based liquefaction evaluation procedure, with a focus on seismic energy propagation and dissipation in soils, has attracted increasing attention in recent years. This paper presents a systematic analysis of cyclic triaxial test data of three series of silty sands through the energy-based approach. The stress-normalized accumulative dissipated strain energy per unit volume required for triggering liquefaction is used to evaluate the liquefaction potential of sands. It is a function of void ratio, fines content, and sand type. The pore pressure generation with the stress-normalized accumulative dissipated energy per unit volume can be simulated by a one-parameter pore pressure model, and the model parameter is affected by void ratio, fines content, and sand type. Unified characterizations of the stress-normalized accumulative dissipated energy per unit volume required for liquefaction and the fitting parameter of the pore pressure model are proposed in the framework of critical state soil mechanics.
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All data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This study is supported by the Key Research and Development Program of Zhejiang Province (No. 2022C03180), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52108351), the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (No. 17206418; No. C7038-20G), and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (2021FZZX001-14).
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Received: May 6, 2023
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Published online: Jul 29, 2024
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Discussion open until: Dec 29, 2024
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Bodies of water (by type)
- Coasts, oceans, ports, and waterways engineering
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Energy dissipation
- Engineering mechanics
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Hydraulic engineering
- Hydraulic structures
- Pore pressure
- Pressure (type)
- River engineering
- Sediment
- Settling velocity
- Silt
- Soil analysis
- Soil dynamics
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil mechanics
- Soil pressure
- Soil properties
- Soils (by type)
- Solid mechanics
- Structural engineering
- Structures (by type)
- Thermodynamics
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Waterways
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