Manzanal, D;
Bertelli, S;
Lopez-Querol, MS;
Rossetto, T;
Mira, P;
(2021)
Influence of Fines Content on Liquefaction from a Critical State Framework: the Christchurch Earthquake Case Study.
Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment
, 80
pp. 4871-4889.
10.1007/s10064-021-02217-2.
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Abstract
In earthquake engineering practice, the liquefaction potential of soils is commonly evaluated through simplified procedures. These approaches are suitable for sands with very low to no fines content, which have been traditionally thought to be the only liquefiable materials. However, field observations and experimental research have extensively demonstrated that low plasticity silty sands can also be highly liquefiable. Thus, this paper investigates the effect of nonplastic fines contents on the liquefaction potential of soils, taking the 2010–2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence as a case study. The validity of standard simplified procedures for high fines content soils is critically evaluated and compared with a finite element model based on a full solid–fluid coupled formulation. The model includes a state parameter-based constitutive law within the generalised plasticity theory, which allows the fines content to be taken into account explicitly. The standard simplified procedures are shown to be less effective in the evaluation of liquefaction potential in soils with high fines content but are still indispensable tools for evaluating the performance of soils over large urban areas. As the main conclusion, it is recommended that empirical models are complemented with an advanced numerical analysis in those cases where silty sands with high fines content are identified, as its outcomes can more realistically represent the soil behaviour during a seismic event.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Influence of Fines Content on Liquefaction from a Critical State Framework: the Christchurch Earthquake Case Study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10064-021-02217-2 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10064-021-02217-2 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher's terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Civil, Environ and Geomatic Eng |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10124507 |
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