Abstract: This paper presents four liquefaction and pile response case histories associated with highway bridges from the April 22, 1991 7.6 magnitude (M) earthquake near Limón, Costa Rica that were analyzed more than 20 years after ...

Abstract: Simplified performance-based liquefaction triggering procedures have sought to address observed inconsistencies in predicted liquefaction triggering hazards across the United States resulting from conventional, pseudoprobabilistic ...

Abstract: Engineering practitioners have widely adopted probabilistic methods for estimating liquefaction triggering hazards. Unfortunately, incorrect application of these methods has become commonly accepted in the United States ...

Abstract: Current engineering practice employs clean sand–based procedures to evaluate liquefaction triggering in nonplastic, coarse-grained soils and low-plasticity, fine-grained soils below level or mildly-sloping ground. Furthermore, ...

Abstract: Engineers have long integrated predicted volumetric strains in liquefied soils to predict free-field, postliquefaction settlements. These free-field settlements have commonly been used to define a lower bound estimate of ...