Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
14 Mar 1991, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
In order to mitigate earthquake effects occurring because of soil liquefaction, it is essential that the characteristics of soil deposits prone to liquefaction be reliably assessed. The present paper is an attempt in this direction. Liquefaction behaviour of five sands of different gradation characteristics is evaluated under cyclic simple shear conditions and the results have been used to predict the behaviour of Badarpur sand. Fineness Modulus, and a grain size and gradation factor have been used to predict the cyclic strength. The predicted behaviour is then verified by carrying out simple shear tests on Badarpur sand. As the predicted strength is found lower than the actual strength, corrections are suggested.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1991 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Dev, Nakul and Kaniraj, Shenbaga R., "Prediction of Liquefaction Behaviour of Cohesionless Soils" (1991). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 41.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/02icrageesd/session03/41
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Prediction of Liquefaction Behaviour of Cohesionless Soils
St. Louis, Missouri
In order to mitigate earthquake effects occurring because of soil liquefaction, it is essential that the characteristics of soil deposits prone to liquefaction be reliably assessed. The present paper is an attempt in this direction. Liquefaction behaviour of five sands of different gradation characteristics is evaluated under cyclic simple shear conditions and the results have been used to predict the behaviour of Badarpur sand. Fineness Modulus, and a grain size and gradation factor have been used to predict the cyclic strength. The predicted behaviour is then verified by carrying out simple shear tests on Badarpur sand. As the predicted strength is found lower than the actual strength, corrections are suggested.
