Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
27 May 2010, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Abstract
The present study was carried out to propose a relationship between shear wave velocity and N-value for the deltaic region of Kolkata. The relationship was derived from shear wave velocity determined from Cross-Hole test and SPT carried out at Rajarhat, Kolkata. The derived relationship was applied to evaluate the liquefaction susceptibility in terns of factor of safety against liquefaction for the subsoil deposits explored at Rajarhat, Kolkata area and the factor of safety obtained from the derived correlations was compared with those determined from Seed & Idriss (1971) and Andrus and Stokoe (2000). The shear wave velocity method (Andrus & Stokoe, 2000) of evaluating liquefaction potential of cohesionless soil produces lower factor of safety than the method based on SPT as proposed by Seed & Idriss (1971). The liquefiable zone was identified down to about 15m below GL beyond which the subsoil was found not to be liquefaction prone.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2010 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bhattacharya, P.; Mukherjee, S. P.; and Das, Biswajit, "Prediction of Liquefaction Potential for Kolkata Region by Semi-Empirical Method" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 32.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session04/32
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Prediction of Liquefaction Potential for Kolkata Region by Semi-Empirical Method
San Diego, California
The present study was carried out to propose a relationship between shear wave velocity and N-value for the deltaic region of Kolkata. The relationship was derived from shear wave velocity determined from Cross-Hole test and SPT carried out at Rajarhat, Kolkata. The derived relationship was applied to evaluate the liquefaction susceptibility in terns of factor of safety against liquefaction for the subsoil deposits explored at Rajarhat, Kolkata area and the factor of safety obtained from the derived correlations was compared with those determined from Seed & Idriss (1971) and Andrus and Stokoe (2000). The shear wave velocity method (Andrus & Stokoe, 2000) of evaluating liquefaction potential of cohesionless soil produces lower factor of safety than the method based on SPT as proposed by Seed & Idriss (1971). The liquefiable zone was identified down to about 15m below GL beyond which the subsoil was found not to be liquefaction prone.
