Why “AI” models for predicting soil liquefaction have been ignored, plus some that shouldn't be

BW Maurer, MD Sanger - Earthquake Spectra, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Soil liquefaction remains an important and interesting problem that has attracted the
development of enumerable prediction models. Increasingly, these models are utilizing …

Semi-supervised learning method for the augmentation of an incomplete image-based inventory of earthquake-induced soil liquefaction surface effects

A Asadi, LG Baise, C Sanon, M Koch, S Chatterjee… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Soil liquefaction often occurs as a secondary hazard during earthquakes and can lead to
significant structural and infrastructure damage. Liquefaction is most often documented …

True liquefaction triggering curve

S Upadhyaya, RA Green… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
Current simplified models for predicting liquefaction triggering and manifestation do not
account for the mechanisms of liquefaction triggering and surface manifestation in a …

Energy-based liquefaction triggering model

KJ Ulmer, RA Green, A Rodriguez-Marek… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
The most commonly used approach for evaluating liquefaction triggering is via stress-based
simplified models. Proposed herein is a model for evaluating liquefaction triggering where …

An AI driven, mechanistically grounded geospatial liquefaction model for rapid response and scenario planning

M Geyin, BW Maurer, K Christofferson - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2022 - Elsevier
Geospatial models for predicting soil liquefaction infer subsurface traits via satellite remote
sensing and mapped information, rather than directly measure them with subsurface tests …

[HTML][HTML] Evaluation and updating of Ishihara's (1985) model for liquefaction surface expression, with insights from machine and deep learning

G Rateria, BW Maurer - Soils and Foundations, 2022 - Elsevier
Liquefaction surface-manifestation is a popular proxy of damage potential for infrastructure.
Models for predicting it are thus commonly used, and often codified, in earthquake …

Select liquefaction case histories from the 2001 Nisqually, Washington, earthquake: A digital data set and assessment of model performance

RA Rasanen, M Geyin, BW Maurer - Earthquake Spectra, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
While soil liquefaction is common in earthquakes, the case-history data required to train and
test state-of-practice prediction models remains comparatively scarce, owing to the breadth …

Limitations of surface liquefaction manifestation severity index models used in conjunction with simplified stress-based triggering models

S Upadhyaya, RA Green, BW Maurer… - … of Geotechnical and …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
The severity of surface manifestation of liquefaction is commonly used as a proxy for
liquefaction damage potential. As a result, manifestation severity index (MSI) models are …

Assessment of the efficacies of correction procedures for multiple thin layer effects on Cone Penetration Tests

KM Yost, RA Green, S Upadhyaya, BW Maurer… - Soil Dynamics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Multiple interbedded fine-grained layers in a sand deposit have a “smoothing” effect on the
measured Cone Penetration Test (CPT) tip resistance (qc), resulting in a significant …

Probabilistic liquefaction triggering and manifestation models based on cumulative absolute velocity

Z Bullock, S Dashti, AB Liel, KA Porter… - Journal of Geotechnical …, 2022 - ascelibrary.org
This study proposes the capacity cumulative absolute velocity (CAV c) as a novel measure
for the resistance of granular soils to earthquake-induced liquefaction. The CAV c is defined …