Energy dissipation and seismic liquefaction in sands Journal Articles

abstract

• AbstractA statistical representation of seismic liquefaction is advanced based on the postulate that pore water pressure increases are proportional to the dissipated seismic energy density. The representation, based on approximately fifty case histories, relates the pore pressure increase to earthquake magnitude, distance to centre of energy release, initial effective overburden stressand standard penetration value. The model may be used for analysis ofseismic liquefaction risk. An example analysis for the ‘South of Market Zone’ in San Francisco is carried out in relation to earthquakes on the San Andreas fault.

authors

• Ishac, Magdi F
• Heidebrecht, Arthur Cornelius

status

• published 

publication date

• January 1982

has subject area

• 0905 Civil Engineering (FoR)
• Strategic, Defence & Security Studies (Science Metrix)

published in

• Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4005 Civil Engineering
• 4019 Resources Engineering and Extractive Metallurgy

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/eqe.4290100105

start page

• 59

end page

• 68

volume

• 10

issue

• 1