Liquefaction of a sloping deposit: LEAP-2017 centrifuge tests at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Evangelia Korre, Tarek Abdoun, Mourad Zeghal

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Abstract

A series of centrifuge tests of a sloping ground were conducted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). These tests were used to monitor and assess the soil response, in terms of generated accelerations, excess pore water pressure (EPWP) and associated lateral spreading, as a function of variations in the dynamic input motion and soil relative density. This series of tests are part of the Liquefaction Experiments and Analysis Projects (LEAP-2017), an international effort to assess the repeatability and reproducibility of centrifuge experimental results, and verify and validate soil liquefaction numerical tools using the experimental data.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number106152
JournalSoil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
Volume134
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2020

Keywords

  • Centrifuge modeling
  • Dilation
  • Lateral displacement and sloping ground
  • Liquefaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Civil and Structural Engineering
  • Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
  • Soil Science

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