Evaluating the applicability of conventional CPT-based liquefaction assessment procedures to reclaimed gravelly soils

R Dhakal, M Cubrinovski, JD Bray - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2022 - Elsevier
Gravelly soils are not well represented in current semi-empirical liquefaction procedures,
which raises the question of whether state-of-the-practice liquefaction evaluation methods …

Gravel liquefaction assessment using the dynamic cone penetration test based on field performance from the 1976 Friuli earthquake

KM Rollins, S Amoroso, G Milana… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2020 - ascelibrary.org
The dynamic cone penetration test (DPT) developed in China has been correlated with
liquefaction resistance of gravelly soils based on field performance data from the M w 7.9 …

[HTML][HTML] A spreadsheet-based decision support system for selection of optimal soil liquefaction mitigation technique

P Bhanwar, AS Reddy, TN Dave - Decision Analytics Journal, 2023 - Elsevier
Improving constructability on soils susceptible to seismic induced liquefaction requires
deployment of soil liquefaction mitigation technique (SLMT). However, selecting optimal …

[HTML][HTML] Liquefaction characteristics of sand-gravel mixtures: Experimental observations and its assessment based on intergranular state concept

A Pokhrel, G Chiaro, T Kiyota, M Cubrinovski - Soils and Foundations, 2024 - Elsevier
Case histories from at least 28 earthquakes worldwide have indicated that liquefaction can
occur in gravelly soils (both in natural deposits and manmade reclamations), inducing large …

Scrutiny of input motions for effective stress analysis of case-history sites from the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquakes

N Ntritsos, M Cubrinovski - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper aims to identify appropriate input motions for use with an effective-stress analysis
procedure for liquefaction assessment of sites affected by the 2010 M w 7.1 Darfield and …

[PDF][PDF] Critical state approach and equivalent granular state theory for predicting the undrained cyclic and monotonic behaviour of non-plastic silty sands

G Tomasello - 2021 - iris.unime.it
The research topic is part of the study of the behaviour of numerous materials defined as"
transition"(or" intermediate") which include silty sands, sandy silts, clayey sands, etc. and …

Some important limitations of simplified liquefaction assessment procedures

N Ntritsos, M Cubrinovski - Conference on Performance-based Design in …, 2022 - Springer
A subset of a recently compiled database of CPT-based liquefaction case histories from
Canterbury, New Zealand, is used to scrutinize the performance of simplified liquefaction …

[PDF][PDF] CPT-based evaluation of relative density for reclaimed gravel-sand-silt mixtures

R Dhakal, M Cubrinovski - Proceedings of the 14th Australia and …, 2023 - researchgate.net
Most empirical correlations between relative density (DR) and penetration resistance are
derived for sands, with few exceptions. Presence of gravel in sandy soils is known to …

Application of the CPT for liquefaction assessment of gravelly reclamations at the port of Wellington

R Dhakal, M Cubrinovski, JD Bray - Cone Penetration Testing …, 2022 - taylorfrancis.com
Widespread liquefaction occurred in the reclamations at CentrePort, Wellington (New
Zealand) during the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake (Mw 7.8) which produced a relatively …

The benefits of site-specific nonlinear site response analyses

R Pyke - Japanese Geotechnical Society Special Publication, 2024 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Current building codes in the United States provide for five standard ground surface
response spectra for seismic design purposes as a function of a site classification based on …