Strain Potential of Liquefied Soil
Publication: Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Volume 148, Issue 11
Abstract
Several widely used field methods for estimating postliquefaction ground deformation are based on the laboratory data from one series of cyclic simple shear tests performed on one uniform clean sand reconstituted to three relative densities. It is not clear if the trends of this one data set are applicable to other clean sands, nonplastic silty sands, and nonplastic silts. A database of 579 test results on postliquefaction volumetric strain, including 299 test results that relate maximum shear strain to the factor of safety against liquefaction triggering, was compiled and used to examine trends for these soils. The database includes postcyclic test data on 10 clean sands, 2 gravels, 3 silty sands, 5 silts, and 3 clayey soils. The enlarged cyclic testing database was used to develop models that estimate postliquefaction volumetric strain and maximum shear strain as a function of soil type, state, and seismic demand. The models are applicable to uniform nonplastic soil. The state parameter was used in addition to relative density and void ratio to characterize the state of the soil. Correlations between these parameters enable the full data set to inform the models.
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Data Availability Statement
All test data are available through the references provided in Table 1. Some or all data, models, or code that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
This work was supported financially by the US National Science Foundation through Grant No. CMMI-1956248. Additional support was provided by the Faculty Chair in Earthquake Engineering Excellence at UC Berkeley. The findings, opinions, and conclusions presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsoring bodies. The authors would like to thank Dr. K. Ishihara, who provided data and references on Fuji River sand and Japanese silty sands.
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