- Author
- Andrus, R. D. | Stokoe, K. H., II
- Title
- Preliminary Guidelines for Liquefaction Assessment Using Shear Wave Velocity.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD University of Texas, Austin
- Report
- NIST SP 904, August 1996,
- Distribution
- Available from Government Printing Office Available from National Technical Information Service
- Book or Conf
- U.S./Japan Natural Resources Development Program (UJNR). Wind and Seismic Effects. Joint Meeting of the U.S./Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects, 28th. May 14-17, 1996, Gaithersburg, MD, Raufaste, N. J., Jr., Editors, 77-83 p., 1996
- Keywords
- building technology | earthquake engineering | in situ measurements | seismic testing | shear wave velocity | soil liquefaction | clay
- Abstract
- This paper presents preliminary guidelines for assessing the liquefaction resistance of soils using small-strain shear wave velocity. The guidelines are based on field performance data from 17 earthquakes and in situ shear wave velocity measurements at over 40 different sites in soils ranging from sandy gravel with cobbles to profiles including silty clay layers. Additional data are needed from denser soil sites shaken by stronger ground motions to further validate the proposed liquefaction potential boundaries.