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Field case histories for SPT-based in situ liquefaction potential evaluation

Çetin, Kemal Önder; Seed, Raymond B.; Moss, Robb E. S.; Der Kiureghian, Armen; Tokimatsu, Kohji; Harder, Leslie F.; Kayen, Robert E.

UCB/GT-2000-09, University of California, Berkeley, Geotechnical Engineering, 2000-08, PDF (34 MB)

Documents field performance case histories and site response analysis for approximately 21 large earthquakes updating an historical standard penetration test database (H.B. Seed et al, 1984) and adding new case histories used for the probabilistic and deterministic assessments of soil liquefaction hazards.

Available online: http://library.eerc.berkeley.edu/documents/GEOTECH/UCB-GT-2000-09.pdf