Physics and mechanics of soil liquefaction : proceedings of the International Workshop on the Physics and Mechanics of Soil Liquefaction, Baltimore, Maryland, 10-11 September 1998

Content: Cover
 Half Title
 Title Page
 Copyright Page
 Table of Contents
 Preface
 1: The mechanism of instability
 Instability of granular materials
 Static liquefaction of very loose Hostun RF sand: Experiments and modelling
 The mechanism controlling static liquefaction and cyclic strength of sand
 Advances in the effective stress approach to liquefaction behavior
 2: Effect of soil gradation on liquefaction
 Static and cyclic liquefaction of silty sands
 Role of intergrain contacts, friction, and interactions on undrained response of granular mixes Triggering and post-liquefaction strength issues in fine-grained soilsDevelopments in gravelly soil liquefaction and dynamic behavior
 3: Factors affecting liquefaction susceptibility
 Fundamental factors affecting liquefaction susceptibility of sands
 Elastic deformation properties of sands containing fines during liquefaction
 Constitutive issues in soil liquefaction
 Influence of confining stress on liquefaction resistance
 Pore water pressure in limit analysis calculations
 4: Soil fabric and its effect on liquefaction Comparison of tests on undisturbed and reconstituted silt and silty sandQuantitative characterization of microstructure evolution
 Undisturbed sampling of loose sand using in-situ ground freezing
 5: Methods of characterizing liquefaction potential
 The critical state line and its application to soil liquefaction
 Comments on the determination of the undrained steady state strength of sandy soils
 A methodology to evaluate the susceptibility of soils for liquefaction flow failures
 A critical state view of liquefaction Influence of grain-size characteristics in determining the liquefaction potential of a soil6: Methods of characterizing post-liquefaction deformation
 Experimental measurement of the residual strength of particulate materials
 Void redistribution in sand following earthquake loading
 Liquefaction constitutive model
 7: Centrifuge studies of liquefaction
 Several important issues related to liquefaction study using centrifuge modeling
 Investigations on the behavior of liquefying soils
 Modeling liquefaction in centrifuges
 8: Field studies of liquefaction Physics and mechanics of liquefaction from field records and experienceIn situ liquefaction resistance of sands
 Initial development of an impulse piezovibrocone for liquefaction evaluation
 List of participants
 Author index