An Empirical Formula for Evaluation of Buildings Settlements Due to Earthquake Liquefaction

Location

St. Louis, Missouri

Presentation Date

06 Apr 1995, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Abstract

In this paper the liquefiable subsoils are divided into two groups: type of liquefiable supporting layer and type of liquefiable underlayer. Based on the observed subsidence data and general tendency got from finite element analysis, an empirical formula for evaluation of subsidences of type of liquefiable supporting layer is suggested. Several important factors' such as earthquake intensity' contact pressure at foundation bottom' and relative density of liquefiable soil are involved in this formula. So the formula seems credible to a certain extent.

Author

Huishan Liu, Central Research Institute of Building and Construction, MMI, Beijing, China

Department(s)

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering

Meeting Name

3rd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics

Publisher

University of Missouri--Rolla

Document Version

Final Version

Rights

© 1995 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

Liu, Huishan, "An Empirical Formula for Evaluation of Buildings Settlements Due to Earthquake Liquefaction" (1995). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 20.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/03icrageesd/session03/20