Soil Liquefaction: A Critical State Approach, Second Edition

✍ Scribed by Mike Jefferies (Author); Ken Been (Author)

Publisher: CRC Press
Year: 2015
Leaves: 700
Edition: 2
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

A Rigorous and Definitive Guide to Soil LiquefactionSoil liquefaction occurs when soil loses much of its strength or stiffness for a time-usually a few minutes or less-and which may then cause structural failure, financial loss, and even death. It can occur during earthquakes, from static loading, or even from traffic-induced vibration. It occurs w

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction. Dilatancy and the state parameter. Constitutive modelling for liquefaction. Determining state parameter in situ. Soil variability and characteristic states. Static liquefaction and post-liquefaction strength. Cyclic stress-induced liquefaction (cyclic mobility and softening). Finite element modelling of soil liquefaction. Practical implementation of critical state approach. Concluding remarks. Appendixes. References.

✦ Subjects

Engineering & Technology;Civil, Environmental and Geotechnical Engineering;Georisk & Hazards;Soil Mechanics;Structural Engineering

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