ISSN 0454-4668 @SBRAaA TECHNICAL NOTE OF THE PORT AND HARBOUR RESEARCH INSTITUTE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, JAPAN No. 914 Sept. 1998 JRIBE + N (iteic £ SMAMLO Fa - HGEI AT BR E B ll & ae PN HG A BR OR1. eae 2. PROMS + NURI SRO FM - HER 2A AMIE BE 22 SN i, FASO IS SRR GO Fal BE 8. RRR SEA 3.1 ati in ORE 3.2 Fes A eB AE 4. BAPESC AOD, HADES SOBICAT ORE 41 BNRES< SOW 42NERES< BOD 5. BASRBICNT SH 5.1 FALSE EBIERECO ELAR S2 MOTE OFA 6. RRLEM MERORTR 6 REIS BALE i 62 PHN fi, FOAM IC LOWER FIM - 7. 88 8. HEME Sax ee we BR 16 16 19 23 23 4 25 25 26 28 29 29 30Study of the Liquefaction Prediction Based on the Grain Distribution and the SPT N-value Hiroyuki YAMAZAKI* Kouki ZEN** Fumikatsu KOIKE*** Synopsis, ‘The liquefaction prediction method based on the grain size distribution curves and the SPT N-value is studied on the applicability for three items; (I)silty sands, (2)gravelly sands and (@)big earthquake motions. The study is performed using the data from the liquefaction or non-liquefaction sites during both the 1993 Hokkaido Nansei-oki Earthquake and the 1995 Hyougoken Nanbu Earthquake as well as laboratory data by cyclic triaxial tests. The study shows that the prediction method does not have sufficient accuracy for the three items, and the method is revised to raise the accuracy. The following results were obtained. (a)There is a possibility that the critical N-value for the silty sands may not give a conservative side against liquefaction. (2yThe correction method of the SPT N-value for the silty sands is proposed using its placiticity index. (There is a possibility that the critical N-value for the gravelly sands may not give a conservative side against liquefaction (A)The index to judge whether the gravelly sands have a possibility to liquefy or not is presented using a permeability coefficient. (The critical equivalent N-value is 25 for the big earthquake motion with a equivalent accerelation of about 500 Gal. (@)The exsiting liquefaction prediction method is revised based on the results mentioned in (1) to ©. Key Words: Liquefaction, Grain size, SPT N-value, Cyclic triaxial test * Chief of Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Geotechinical Engineering Division #* Director of Geotechinical Engineering Division ‘*#+Member of Soil Dynamics Laboratory, Geotechinical Engineering Division 1-1-8, Nagase, Yokosuka, 239.0826, JAPAN ‘Tel:0408-44-5022, Fax:0468-44.0618, E-mail: yamazaki@phri gop