Once the soil is saturated ... Areas of land near rivers or close to sea level may be prone to liquefaction hazards. Examples may include coastlines, marshes, areas with artificial fills and ...

Experts warn the same effect could happen here. “If it’s the right place with the right ground conditions, the earth can literally start shaking like a bowl of Jello,” said U.W. Professor Harold Tobin ...

The proposed procedure is applied to assess the soil liquefaction potential, which is found to be considerably affected by the inherent spatial variability of soil properties. Parametric studies, ...

Soil liquefaction has been observed and documented ... Researchers sought to understand, for example, why some hospitals suffered earthquake damage and others did not. "We studied the spatial ...

The theoretical developments are illustrated with numerical examples conducted in terms of traditional ... a basis for characterization of spatial variability of soil properties and for liquefaction ...