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SPT-Based probabilistic evaluation of seismic soil liquefaction potential

Çetin, Kemal Önder; Seed, Raymond B.; Der Kiureghian, Armen

UCB/GT-99-16, University of California, Berkeley, Geotechnical Engineering, 1999-07, PDF (3.2 MB)

Presents preliminary work to develop improved probabilistically based correlations for the use of standard penetration test data for evaluation of resistance to 'triggering' or initiaion of cyclic liquefaction based on new case history data and recent analytic developments.

Available online: http://library.eerc.berkeley.edu/documents/GEOTECH/UCB-GT-99-16.pdf