Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
27 May 2010, 4:30 pm - 6:20 pm
Abstract
This paper seeks to investigate the properties of volcanic soil from the Aratozawa landslide, the largest failure triggered by the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Japan. Field investigation was carried out to estimate the in-situ characteristics of volcanic material. It was found that the soil was highly weathered, having low dry density and high moisture content. Laboratory examination included a series of triaxial compression tests which were performed to evaluate the dynamic properties of volcanic soil. Results of undrained cyclic loading tests indicated that the material had a high potential for generation of excess pore-water pressures, which could lead to a significant loss of strength during earthquake loading. This finding suggests that liquefaction might have occurred in the weathered mass of volcanic rocks during the earthquake, initiating the failure. Based on the results of this study, the role of volcanic soil in the slide development was determined.
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
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Gratchev, Ivan and Towhata, Ikuo, "Geotechnical Characteristics of Seismically-Induced Aratozawa Landslide, Japan" (2010). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 19.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/05icrageesd/session04b/19
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Geotechnical Characteristics of Seismically-Induced Aratozawa Landslide, Japan
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This paper seeks to investigate the properties of volcanic soil from the Aratozawa landslide, the largest failure triggered by the 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku earthquake, Japan. Field investigation was carried out to estimate the in-situ characteristics of volcanic material. It was found that the soil was highly weathered, having low dry density and high moisture content. Laboratory examination included a series of triaxial compression tests which were performed to evaluate the dynamic properties of volcanic soil. Results of undrained cyclic loading tests indicated that the material had a high potential for generation of excess pore-water pressures, which could lead to a significant loss of strength during earthquake loading. This finding suggests that liquefaction might have occurred in the weathered mass of volcanic rocks during the earthquake, initiating the failure. Based on the results of this study, the role of volcanic soil in the slide development was determined.
