Soil liquefaction: a critical state approach

Mike Jefferies, Ken Been, Mike Jeffries0419161708, 9780419161707, 020330196X, 9780203301968

Soil liquefaction is a major concern in areas of the world subject to seismic activity or other repeated vibration loads. This book brings together a large body of information on the topic, and presents it within a unified and simple framework. The result is a book which will provide the practising civil engineer with a very sound understanding of soil liquefaction.

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Table of contents :
Book Cover……Page 1
Half-Title……Page 2
Series-Title……Page 3
Title……Page 4
Copyright……Page 5
Contents……Page 6
List of Tables……Page 8
List of Figures……Page 11
Symbols and Notation……Page 33
Preface……Page 40
Acknowledgements……Page 43
Disclaimer and Caution……Page 45
1. Introduction……Page 46
2. Dilatancy and the State Parameter……Page 86
3. Constitutive Modelling for Liquefaction……Page 147
4. Determining state parameter in situ……Page 206
5. Soil variability and characteristic states……Page 274
6. Static liquefaction and post-liquefaction strength……Page 299
7. Cyclic Stress Induced Liquefaction (Cyclic Mobility and Softening)……Page 385
8. Concluding Remarks……Page 450
Appendix A: Stress and Strain Measures……Page 457
Appendix B: Laboratory Testing to Determine the Critical State of Sands……Page 464
Appendix C: The Critical Friction Ratio M……Page 482
Appendix D: NorSand Derivations……Page 490
Appendix E: Calibration Chamber Test Data……Page 543
Appendix F: Some Case Histories Involving Liquefaction Flow Failure……Page 564
References……Page 605
Index……Page 619