Liquefaction Evaluation

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INSTRUCTIONS
This spreadsheet identifies possible zones of liquefaction in a soil profile. It
compares the anticipated cyclic shear stresses induced by an earthquake to
the esitmated cyclic strength of the soil. Zones where the induced stress is
greater than the cyclic strength are deemed zones of liquefaction. The
methodology involves two distinct processes:
1. Compute the equivalent cyclic shear stress induced by an earthquake vs.
depth
2. Compute the cyclic shear strength of the soil profile
Step (1) can be accomplished in many ways, however the simplest is the
method developed by Seed and Idriss (1971) where induced stresses are
determined by earthquake magnitudes and depth of the soil deposit. Other
methods include field correlations by authors on site-specific earthquakes, or
1-D wave propagation analysis by computer (Shake, MocEQ1).
Step (2) is most-easily done by correlating cyclic strength to corrected SPT
blow count. Alternatively, CPT data, laboratory data, and other measures of
soil cyclic strength can be used.

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Project Title
Project Site
Project Structure
Job Number
Date
Computed by
Remarks

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Chaaalston Saaath Caaraaaliner
Big ol pier
1234321
12-Jul-01
R^2
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Soil profiles

Soils Report Reference

Profile Generated By
Number of Profiles
Profile
Description

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Geotechical Firm Inc., Rept #124 December 1989
Ray
3
1
2
Boring 33
Kramer
W.P. 1

Accept Changes
Start/Resets
Add Profile
Delete Profile

Start Depth (ft)

End Depth (ft)
Number of Soil Layers
Depth to Groundwater (ft)
Groundwater wt (lb/ft^3)
Layer
Description
Light Tan Fine Sand
with Silt Seams and
Pockets
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
SP
Percent Fines
Layer
Brown Sand
Description
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
SP
Percent Fines
Layer
Description
Light Brown Sand

0
100
3
10
64
1

Layer Start Depth

Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
Percent Fines
Layer
Description

40
100
105
115

Layer Start Depth

Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
Percent Fines
Layer
Description
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
Percent Fines
Layer
Description
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
Percent Fines
Layer
Description
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification
Percent Fines

0
20
100
120
0
2

0
0
66.3000030518
50
1
4
4.9000000954
5
62.4000015259
62.4000015259
1
1
Brown and Red Fine
Yellow Red Sand
Sand
0
0
66.3000030518
10
112
90
136
110
SP
SM
0
5
2
Tan Medium Sand

20
40
100
120

10
20
95
115
SC

0
3

20
3
Yellow Red Silty Sand

SP

20
45
95
105
SC

10

25
4
White Fine Sand
35
50
90
110
SM
5

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Field Profiles, SPT, CPT, or Gmax

Number of
Profiles
Profile Num

Add Profile

5
1

Delete Profile
2

Accept Changes
3

Start/Resets
5

Some Other
Some Other
Some Other
Kramer
Workshop
Descriptions
Descriptions
Descriptions
Example
Problem 1
Profile Type
Gmax
SPT
CPT
SPT
SPT
Num Data Pairs
21
21
21
20
12
Soil Profile
1
1
1
2
3
Depth/Value
z (ft) G(psi) z (ft) N(bpf) z (ft) qc(tsf) z (ft) N(bpf) z (ft) N(bpf)
1
0.0 2100
3.8
7
0.0
20
3.8
7.0
2.0
10
2
5.0 2200
7.2
2
5.0
22
7.2
4.0
5.0
12
3
10.0 2300
10.5
3
10.0
24
10.5
3.0
8.0
13
4
15.0 2400
13.8
3
15.0
26
13.8
3.0
12.0
16
5
19.0 2500
17.1
5
19.0
28
17.1
5.0
15.0
17
6
25.0 2600
20.3
9
25.0
30
20.3
9.0
18.0
18
7
30.0 2700
23.6
12
30.0
32
23.6
12.0
22.0
7
8
35.0 2800
26.9
12
35.0
34
26.9
12.0
26.0
6
9
40.0 2900
30.2
14
40.0
36
30.2
14.0
30.0
8
10
45.0 3000
33.5
9
45.0
38
33.5
9.0
36.0
14
11
50.0 3100
36.7
23
50.0
40
36.7
23.0
40.0
18
12
55.0 3200
40.0
13
55.0
42
40.0
13.0
45.0
26
13
59.0 3300
43.3
11
59.0
44
43.3
11.0
14
65.0 3400
46.6
11
65.0
46
46.6
11.0
15
70.0 3500
49.9
24
70.0
48
49.9
24.0
16
75.0 3600
53.1
27
75.0
50
53.1
27.0
17
80.0 3700
56.4
5
80.0
52
56.4
5.0
18
85.0 3800
59.7
6
85.0
54
59.7
6.0
19
90.0 3900
63.0
4
90.0
56
63.0
4.0
20
95.0 4000
66.3
38
95.0
58
66.3
38.0
21
100.0 4100 100.0
30 100.0
60
22
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29
Description

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Computation of Loading Conditions

Total Profiles
3
Profile Num
1
Method
Seed & Idriss
Amax(g)
0.22
Notes:Workshop Problem 1 amax
Mag vs. Neq
Mean = 0.22
Eq. Mag
7
Rd Curve
Avg Rd
Greduction none
Soil Profile
3
W.P. 1
Field Profile
5
Workshop Problem 1
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Num Data
49
Neq
10
Depth
tot
ef
cyc
rd
(ft)
(psf)
(psf)
(---)
(psf)
1.00
90.00
90.00
0.998
12.85
2.02
181.88
181.88
0.995
25.89
3.04
273.75
273.75
0.993
38.86
4.06
365.63
365.63
0.990
51.77
5.08
459.17
453.97
0.988
64.85
6.10
571.46
502.56
0.985
80.53
7.13
683.75
551.15
0.983
96.14
8.15
796.04
599.74
0.981
111.69
9.17
908.33
648.33
0.979
127.19
10.19
908.33
584.63
0.977
126.92
11.21
1026.67
639.27
0.975
143.16
12.23
1144.06
692.96
0.973
159.20
13.25
1261.46
746.66
0.971
175.16
14.27
1378.85
800.35
0.969
191.04
15.29
1496.25
854.05
0.967
206.83
16.31
1613.65
907.75
0.964
222.51
17.33
1731.04
961.44
0.962
238.09
18.35
1848.44
1015.14
0.959
253.54
19.38
1965.83
1068.83
0.956
268.86
20.40
1965.83
1005.13
0.953
268.03
21.42
2069.06
1044.66
0.950
281.17
22.44
2176.25
1088.15
0.947
294.69
23.46
2283.44
1131.64
0.943
308.03
24.48
2390.63
1175.12
0.940
321.18
25.50
2497.81
1218.61
0.935
334.12
26.52
2605.00
1262.10
0.931
346.84
27.54
2712.19
1305.59
0.926
359.32
28.56
2819.38
1349.07
0.922
371.54
29.58
2926.56
1392.56
0.916
383.49
30.60
3033.75
1436.05
0.911
395.15
31.63
3140.94
1479.54
0.905
406.50
32.65
3248.12
1523.02
0.899
417.52
33.67
3355.31
1566.51
0.892
428.21
34.69
3462.50
1610.00
0.886
438.53
35.71
3569.69
1653.49
0.879
448.47
36.73
3676.88
1696.97
0.871
458.02
37.75
3784.06
1740.46
0.863
467.16
38.77
3891.25
1783.95
0.855
475.87
39.79
3998.44
1827.44
0.847
484.13
40.81
4105.63
1870.93
0.838
491.93
41.83
4212.81
1914.41
0.829
499.25
42.85
4320.00
1957.90
0.819
506.09
43.88
4427.19
2001.39
0.809
512.42
44.90
4534.38
2044.87
0.799
518.22
45.92
4534.38
1981.17
0.789
511.41
46.94
5751.25
3134.35
0.778
639.74
47.96
5863.54
3182.94
0.767
642.88
48.98
5975.83
3231.53
0.755
645.39
50.00
6088.12
3280.12
0.747
650.01

Profile Num
Method
Amax(g)
Mag vs. Neq
Eq. Mag
Rd Curve
Greduction
Soil Profile
Field Profile
Start Depth
End Depth
Num Data
Neq
Depth
(ft)
1.00
2.02
3.04
4.06
5.08
6.10
7.12
8.14
9.16
10.18
11.20
12.22
13.24
14.26
15.28
16.30
17.33
18.35
19.37
20.39
21.41
22.43
23.45
24.47
25.49
26.51
27.53
28.55
29.57
30.59
31.61
32.63
33.65
34.67
35.69
36.71
37.73
38.75
39.77
40.79
41.81
42.83
43.85
44.87
45.89
46.91
47.93
48.95
49.98
51.00
52.02
53.04
54.06
55.08
56.10
57.12
58.14
59.16
60.18
61.20
62.22
63.24
64.26
65.28
66.30

2
Seed & Idriss
0.16 Notes:
Mean
7.5
Avg Rd
none
2 Kramer
4 Kramer Example
1
66.300003
65
15
tot
ef
rd
(psf)
(psf)
(---)
116.93
116.93
0.998
236.24
236.24
0.995
355.54
355.54
0.993
474.85
474.85
0.990
597.61
586.30
0.988
736.37
661.39
0.985
875.13
736.49
0.983
1013.89
811.58
0.981
1152.66
886.68
0.979
1291.42
961.77
0.977
1430.18
1036.87
0.975
1568.94
1111.96
0.973
1707.71
1187.06
0.971
1846.47
1262.15
0.969
1985.23
1337.25
0.967
2123.99
1412.34
0.964
2262.76
1487.44
0.962
2401.52
1562.53
0.959
2540.28
1637.63
0.956
2679.04
1712.72
0.953
2817.81
1787.82
0.950
2956.57
1862.91
0.947
3095.33
1938.01
0.943
3234.09
2013.10
0.940
3372.86
2088.20
0.935
3511.62
2163.29
0.931
3650.38
2238.39
0.927
3789.14
2313.48
0.922
3927.91
2388.58
0.916
4066.67
2463.67
0.911
4205.43
2538.77
0.905
4344.19
2613.86
0.899
4482.96
2688.96
0.893
4621.72
2764.05
0.886
4760.48
2839.15
0.879
4899.24
2914.24
0.871
5038.01
2989.34
0.863
5176.77
3064.43
0.855
5315.53
3139.53
0.847
5454.29
3214.62
0.838
5593.06
3289.72
0.829
5731.82
3364.81
0.819
5870.58
3439.91
0.810
6009.34
3515.00
0.799
6148.11
3590.10
0.789
6286.87
3665.19
0.778
6425.63
3740.29
0.767
6564.39
3815.38
0.756
6703.16
3890.48
0.744
6841.92
3965.57
0.735
6980.68
4040.67
0.725
7119.44
4115.76
0.714
7258.21
4190.86
0.704
7396.97
4265.95
0.694
7535.73
4341.05
0.685
7674.50
4416.14
0.676
7813.26
4491.24
0.668
7952.02
4566.33
0.660
8090.78
4641.43
0.652
8229.54
4716.52
0.645
8368.31
4791.62
0.638
8507.07
4866.71
0.631
8645.83
4941.81
0.624
8784.60
5016.90
0.618
8923.36
5092.00
0.612

cyc
(psf)
12.14
24.46
36.71
48.90
61.39
75.47
89.49
103.46
117.38
131.24
145.04
158.78
172.46
186.06
199.58
213.01
226.35
239.57
252.68
265.66
278.50
291.18
303.69
316.01
328.14
340.06
351.74
363.18
374.36
385.26
395.87
406.17
416.14
425.76
435.03
443.92
452.41
460.50
468.17
475.39
482.17
488.47
494.30
499.63
504.46
508.76
512.55
515.79
518.49
523.33
526.00
528.71
531.44
534.21
537.03
539.89
542.79
545.75
548.75
551.80
554.91
558.06
561.26
564.50
567.79

Profile Num
3
Method
Dobry et al
Amax(g)
0.2 Notes:
Mag vs. Neq Mean
Eq. Mag
7.5
Rd Curve
Avg Rd
Greduction Dobry & Vuc
Soil Profile
3 W.P. 1
Field Profile
1 Some Other Descriptions
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Num Data
49
Neq
15
Depth
tot
ef
rd
(ft)
(psf)
(psf)
(---)
1.00
90.00
90.00
0.998
2.02
181.88
181.88
0.995
3.04
273.75
273.75
0.993
4.06
365.63
365.63
0.990
5.08
459.17
453.97
0.988
6.10
571.46
502.56
0.985
7.13
683.75
551.15
0.983
8.15
796.04
599.74
0.981
9.17
908.33
648.33
0.979
10.19
908.33
584.63
0.977
11.21
1026.67
639.27
0.975
12.23
1144.06
692.96
0.973
13.25
1261.46
746.66
0.971
14.27
1378.85
800.35
0.969
15.29
1496.25
854.05
0.967
16.31
1613.65
907.75
0.964
17.33
1731.04
961.44
0.962
18.35
1848.44
1015.14
0.959
19.38
1965.83
1068.83
0.956
20.40
1965.83
1005.13
0.953
21.42
2069.06
1044.66
0.950
22.44
2176.25
1088.15
0.947
23.46
2283.44
1131.64
0.943
24.48
2390.63
1175.12
0.940
25.50
2497.81
1218.61
0.935
26.52
2605.00
1262.10
0.931
27.54
2712.19
1305.59
0.926
28.56
2819.38
1349.07
0.922
29.58
2926.56
1392.56
0.916
30.60
3033.75
1436.05
0.911
31.63
3140.94
1479.54
0.905
32.65
3248.12
1523.02
0.899
33.67
3355.31
1566.51
0.892
34.69
3462.50
1610.00
0.886
35.71
3569.69
1653.49
0.879
36.73
3676.88
1696.97
0.871
37.75
3784.06
1740.46
0.863
38.77
3891.25
1783.95
0.855
39.79
3998.44
1827.44
0.847
40.81
4105.63
1870.93
0.838
41.83
4212.81
1914.41
0.829
42.85
4320.00
1957.90
0.819
43.88
4427.19
2001.39
0.809
44.90
4534.38
2044.87
0.799
45.92
4534.38
1981.17
0.789
46.94
5751.25
3134.35
0.778
47.96
5863.54
3182.94
0.767
48.98
5975.83
3231.53
0.755
50.00
6088.12
3280.12
0.747

cyc
(%)
3.189E-05
7.275E-05
1.116E-04
1.495E-04
1.792E-04
2.224E-04
2.653E-04
3.079E-04
3.504E-04
3.352E-04
3.780E-04
4.204E-04
4.627E-04
5.049E-04
5.250E-04
5.654E-04
6.056E-04
6.457E-04
6.587E-04
6.566E-04
6.895E-04
7.236E-04
7.573E-04
7.907E-04
7.922E-04
8.234E-04
8.542E-04
8.844E-04
9.141E-04
9.080E-04
9.352E-04
9.617E-04
9.875E-04
1.013E-03
9.992E-04
1.022E-03
1.043E-03
1.063E-03
1.083E-03
1.063E-03
1.079E-03
1.095E-03
1.109E-03
1.123E-03
1.069E-03
1.357E-03
1.364E-03
1.370E-03
1.381E-03

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0.00
0.00

500.00 1000.001500.002000.002500.003000.003500.00 0.0 50.0 100.0 0.0 50.0 100.0

Column A
Column A
10.00

Depth

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

x-axis title here

N, BPF

Soil

60.00

x-axis title here

N, BPF

Soil

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0.00
0.00

500.00 1000.001500.002000.002500.003000.003500.00 0.0 50.0 100.0 0

10 15

10.00
Column A
Column A

Depth

20.00

30.00

40.00

50.00

60.00

x-axis title here

N, BPF

Soil

50.00

60.00

x-axis title here

N, BPF

Soil

10 15

Soil

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Num Profiles
5
Profile Num
1
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Method
SPT Data analysis as you would like
Soil Profile
3
W.P. 1
Field Profile
5
Workshop Problem 1
Load Profile
1 Notes:Workshop Problem 1 amax = 0.22
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Number Data
49
Load,cyc (N1)60 Resist,cyc
Depth
(ft)
(psf)
(bpf)
(psf)
1.00
12.85
56.6
90.00
5 SM
2.02
25.89
39.8
181.88
5 SM
3.04
38.86
34.7
273.75
5 SM
4.06
51.77
31.9
365.63
5 SM
5.08
64.85
30.3
453.97
5 SM
6.10
80.53
29.6
240.30
5 SM
7.13
96.14
29.1
227.45
5 SM
8.15
111.69
28.7
236.69
5 SM
9.17
127.19
29.2
282.28
5 SM
10.19
126.92
32.5
1023.11
20 SC
11.21
143.16
32.7
1118.72
20 SC
12.23
159.20
32.8
1212.68
20 SC
13.25
175.16
32.2
1306.65
20 SC
14.27
191.04
31.8
1400.62
20 SC
15.29
206.83
31.4
1494.59
20 SC
16.31
222.51
31.1
1588.56
20 SC
17.33
238.09
30.8
1682.52
20 SC
18.35
253.54
28.7
1776.49
20 SC
19.38
268.86
23.3
1870.46
20 SC
20.40
268.03
19.3
470.18
25 SC
21.42
281.17
14.3
345.45
25 SC
22.44
294.69
11.2
294.71
25 SC
23.46
308.03
10.6
293.08
25 SC
24.48
321.18
10.0
291.04
25 SC
25.50
334.12
9.4
289.34
25 SC

Profile Num
2
Method
SPT Data
Soil Profile
2
Field Profile
4
Load Profile
2
Start Depth
1
End Depth
66.3
Number Data
65
Load,cyc
Depth
(ft)
(psf)
1.00
12.14
2.02
24.46
3.04
36.71
4.06
48.90
5.08
61.39
6.10
75.47
7.12
89.49
8.14
103.46
9.16
117.38
10.18
131.24
11.20
145.04
12.22
158.78
13.24
172.46
14.26
186.06
15.28
199.58
16.30
213.01
17.33
226.35
18.35
239.57
19.37
252.68
20.39
265.66
21.41
278.50
22.43
291.18
23.45
303.69
24.47
316.01
25.49
328.14

26.52
27.54
28.56
29.58
30.60
31.63
32.65
33.67
34.69
35.71
36.73
37.75
38.77
39.79
40.81
41.83
42.85
43.88
44.90
45.92
46.94
47.96
48.98
50.00

346.84
359.32
371.54
383.49
395.15
406.50
417.52
428.21
438.53
448.47
458.02
467.16
475.87
484.13
491.93
499.25
506.09
512.42
518.22
511.41
639.74
642.88
645.39
650.01

9.5
10.1
10.6
11.2
12.2
13.4
14.6
15.8
17.0
18.1
19.2
20.3
21.3
22.3
23.9
25.7
27.4
29.0
30.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

300.59
325.02
350.75
377.03
415.53
463.43
515.44
573.05
632.97
704.39
784.79
931.40
2675.92
2741.16
2806.39
2871.62
2936.85
3002.08
3067.31
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
5
5
5
5
5

SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM

26.51
27.53
28.55
29.57
30.59
31.61
32.63
33.65
34.67
35.69
36.71
37.73
38.75
39.77
40.79
41.81
42.83
43.85
44.87
45.89
46.91
47.93
48.95
49.98
51.00
52.02
53.04
54.06
55.08
56.10
57.12
58.14
59.16
60.18
61.20
62.22
63.24
64.26
65.28
66.30

340.06
351.74
363.18
374.36
385.26
395.87
406.17
416.14
425.76
435.03
443.92
452.41
460.50
468.17
475.39
482.17
488.47
494.30
499.63
504.46
508.76
512.55
515.79
518.49
523.33
526.00
528.71
531.44
534.21
537.03
539.89
542.79
545.75
548.75
551.80
554.91
558.06
561.26
564.50
567.79

Kramer
Kramer Example
Notes:

(N1)60 Resist,cyc
(bpf)
(psf)
34.7
116.93
24.4
66.94
19.9
78.65
16.7
87.19
13.0
84.27
10.4
76.52
8.1
66.34
7.0
62.87
6.1
59.68
5.4
55.87
5.0
55.87
4.8
57.80
4.7
59.67
5.0
67.70
5.7
83.84
6.5
100.73
7.4
122.26
8.9
156.04
10.4
188.87
11.7
222.47
12.7
250.05
13.6
278.59
14.4
308.19
14.4
318.37
14.1
324.28

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0
0
0
0
0

SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP

Profile Num
3
Method
Castro-Settlement
Soil Profile
3 W.P. 1
Field Profile
1 Some Other Descriptions
Load Profile
3 Notes:
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Number Data
49
Load,cyc (N1)60 Inc. Settle
Depth
(ft)
(%)
(bpf)
(ft)
1.00 3.189E-05
0.0 0.000E+00
2.02 7.275E-05
0.0 0.000E+00
3.04 1.116E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
4.06 1.495E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
5.08 1.792E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
6.10 2.224E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
7.13 2.653E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
8.15 3.079E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
9.17 3.504E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
10.19 3.352E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
11.21 3.780E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
12.23 4.204E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
13.25 4.627E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
14.27 5.049E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
15.29 5.250E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
16.31 5.654E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
17.33 6.056E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
18.35 6.457E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
19.38 6.587E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
20.40 6.566E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
21.42 6.895E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
22.44 7.236E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
23.46 7.573E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
24.48 7.907E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
25.50 7.922E-04
0.0 0.000E+00

13.8
14.0
14.5
15.0
14.5
12.6
10.8
10.1
14.4
18.6
22.7
19.6
16.4
13.2
11.9
11.1
10.4
10.1
10.0
9.9
10.9
14.3
17.7
20.7
21.3
21.9
22.5
17.3
11.6
5.9
4.2
4.4
4.6
4.5
4.0
3.5
5.0
13.1
21.0
0.0

330.15
346.41
369.80
393.68
392.75
353.40
313.29
303.67
439.73
583.90
748.40
650.56
552.38
457.07
422.32
407.00
391.16
385.98
390.36
394.69
443.74
590.74
743.61
898.81
944.86
991.54
1043.83
800.15
547.01
279.59
199.23
213.23
227.42
224.54
200.99
177.84
264.85
713.35
1174.80
0.00

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP

26.52
27.54
28.56
29.58
30.60
31.63
32.65
33.67
34.69
35.71
36.73
37.75
38.77
39.79
40.81
41.83
42.85
43.88
44.90
45.92
46.94
47.96
48.98
50.00

8.234E-04
8.542E-04
8.844E-04
9.141E-04
9.080E-04
9.352E-04
9.617E-04
9.875E-04
1.013E-03
9.992E-04
1.022E-03
1.043E-03
1.063E-03
1.083E-03
1.063E-03
1.079E-03
1.095E-03
1.109E-03
1.123E-03
1.069E-03
1.357E-03
1.364E-03
1.370E-03
1.381E-03

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00

Descriptions

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25

SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC

Profile Num
4
Method
SPT Data
Soil Profile
3
Field Profile
5
Load Profile
1
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Number Data
49
Load,cyc
Depth
(ft)
(psf)
1.00
12.85
2.02
25.89
3.04
38.86
4.06
51.77
5.08
64.85
6.10
80.53
7.13
96.14
8.15
111.69
9.17
127.19
10.19
126.92
11.21
143.16
12.23
159.20
13.25
175.16
14.27
191.04
15.29
206.83
16.31
222.51
17.33
238.09
18.35
253.54
19.38
268.86
20.40
268.03
21.42
281.17
22.44
294.69
23.46
308.03
24.48
321.18
25.50
334.12

W.P. 1
Workshop Problem 1
Notes:Workshop Problem 1 amax = 0.22

(N1)60 Resist,cyc
(bpf)
(psf)
56.6
101.31
39.8
204.74
34.7
308.16
31.9
411.58
30.3
511.03
29.6
270.51
29.1
256.04
28.7
266.44
29.2
317.76
32.5
1151.71
32.7
1259.34
32.8
1365.12
32.2
1470.90
31.8
1576.68
31.4
1682.46
31.1
1788.24
30.8
1894.02
28.7
1999.80
23.3
2105.57
19.3
529.29
14.3
388.87
11.2
331.76
10.6
329.92
10.0
327.63
9.4
325.71

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25

SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
5
5
5
5
5

SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM

26.52
27.54
28.56
29.58
30.60
31.63
32.65
33.67
34.69
35.71
36.73
37.75
38.77
39.79
40.81
41.83
42.85
43.88
44.90
45.92
46.94
47.96
48.98
50.00

346.84
359.32
371.54
383.49
395.15
406.50
417.52
428.21
438.53
448.47
458.02
467.16
475.87
484.13
491.93
499.25
506.09
512.42
518.22
511.41
639.74
642.88
645.39
650.01

9.5
10.1
10.6
11.2
12.2
13.4
14.6
15.8
17.0
18.1
19.2
20.3
21.3
22.3
23.9
25.7
27.4
29.0
30.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

338.38
365.88
394.84
424.42
467.77
521.69
580.23
645.08
712.53
792.93
883.43
1048.48
3012.29
3085.72
3159.15
3232.58
3306.01
3379.44
3452.87
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
5
5
5
5
5

SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM

Profile Num
5
Method
Lab Strain Data
Soil Profile
3 W.P. 1
Field Profile
1 Some Other Descriptions
Load Profile
3 Notes:
Start Depth
1
End Depth
50
Number Data
49
Load,cyc (N1)60 Resist,cyc
Depth
(ft)
(%)
(bpf)
(%)
1.00
3.189E-05
0.0 0.000E+00
2.02
7.275E-05
0.0 0.000E+00
3.04
1.116E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
4.06
1.495E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
5.08
1.792E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
6.10
2.224E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
7.13
2.653E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
8.15
3.079E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
9.17
3.504E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
10.19
3.352E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
11.21
3.780E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
12.23
4.204E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
13.25
4.627E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
14.27
5.049E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
15.29
5.250E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
16.31
5.654E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
17.33
6.056E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
18.35
6.457E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
19.38
6.587E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
20.40
6.566E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
21.42
6.895E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
22.44
7.236E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
23.46
7.573E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
24.48
7.907E-04
0.0 0.000E+00
25.50
7.922E-04
0.0 0.000E+00

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
25
25
25
25
25
25

SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC

26.52
27.54
28.56
29.58
30.60
31.63
32.65
33.67
34.69
35.71
36.73
37.75
38.77
39.79
40.81
41.83
42.85
43.88
44.90
45.92
46.94
47.96
48.98
50.00

8.234E-04
8.542E-04
8.844E-04
9.141E-04
9.080E-04
9.352E-04
9.617E-04
9.875E-04
1.013E-03
9.992E-04
1.022E-03
1.043E-03
1.063E-03
1.083E-03
1.063E-03
1.079E-03
1.095E-03
1.109E-03
1.123E-03
1.069E-03
1.357E-03
1.364E-03
1.370E-03
1.381E-03

0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0

0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00
0.000E+00

25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
5
5
5
5
5

SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SC
SM
SM
SM
SM
SM

Liquefaction Load and Resistance

0.00
0.00

1000.00

2000.00

3000.00

5.00
10.00

Depth (ft)

15.00
20.00
25.00
30.00

Load
Resistance

35.00
40.00
45.00
50.00

Cyclic Stress (psf)

Liquefaction Factor of Safety

4000.00

Liquefaction Factor of Safety

0.00

5.00
Depth (ft)

10.00
15.00

Factor of Safety
FS=1

20.00
25.00
30.00

Zone
Potential
Zone
of of
Potential
Liquefaction
Liquefaction

35.00
40.00
45.00
50.00

Factor of Safety

10

4000.00

1.00
2.02
3.04
4.06
5.08
6.10
7.13
8.15
9.17
10.19
11.21
12.23
13.25
14.27
15.29
16.31
17.33
18.35
19.38
20.40
21.42
22.44
23.46
24.48
25.50
26.52
27.54
28.56
29.58
30.60
31.63
32.65
33.67
34.69
35.71
36.73
37.75

12.85
25.89
38.86
51.77
64.85
80.53
96.14
111.69
127.19
126.92
143.16
159.20
175.16
191.04
206.83
222.51
238.09
253.54
268.86
268.03
281.17
294.69
308.03
321.18
334.12
346.84
359.32
371.54
383.49
395.15
406.50
417.52
428.21
438.53
448.47
458.02
467.16

56.6
39.8
34.7
31.9
30.3
29.6
29.1
28.7
29.2
32.5
32.7
32.8
32.2
31.8
31.4
31.1
30.8
28.7
23.3
19.3
14.3
11.2
10.6
10.0
9.4
9.5
10.1
10.6
11.2
12.2
13.4
14.6
15.8
17.0
18.1
19.2
20.3

90.00
181.88
273.75
365.63
453.97
240.30
227.45
236.69
282.28
1023.11
1118.72
1212.68
1306.65
1400.62
1494.59
1588.56
1682.52
1776.49
1870.46
470.18
345.45
294.71
293.08
291.04
289.34
300.59
325.02
350.75
377.03
415.53
463.43
515.44
573.05
632.97
704.39
784.79
931.40

FS
7.004453
7.025247
7.044627
7.062785
6.999727
2.984007
2.365745
2.119072
2.219395
8.060765
7.814235
7.617314
7.459697
7.331594
7.226327
7.139199
7.066819
7.006682
6.956916
1.754218
1.228616
1.000085
0.951458
0.906172
0.865981
0.866659
0.904552
0.94404
0.983156
1.05159
1.140064
1.234522
1.33825
1.443391
1.570642
1.713428
1.993758

10

38.77
39.79
40.81
41.83
42.85
43.88
44.90

475.87
484.13
491.93
499.25
506.09
512.42
518.22

21.3
22.3
23.9
25.7
27.4
29.0
30.7

2675.92
2741.16
2806.39
2871.62
2936.85
3002.08
3067.31

5.623285
5.662049
5.704856
5.751811
5.803038
5.858679
5.918889

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
1
1

Defaults and Start-up Values

Default Soil Profile
Profile
Start Depth (ft)
End Depth (ft)
Number of Soil Layer
Depth to Groundwater
Groundwater wt (lb/ft
Layer
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification SP
Percent Fines
Layer
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification SP
Percent Fines
Layer
1
Layer Start Depth
Layer End Depth
Dry unit wt
Sat'd unit wt
UCS Classification SP
Percent Fines

1
0
100
3
10
64
1
0
20
100
120
0
2
20
60
100
120
0
3
60
100
100
120
0

Default Field Profile

Fprofile
1
Type
SPT
Num Data
20
Soil Match
1
Depth/Value
0
2
5
3
10
4
15
5
19
6
25
7
30
8
35
9
40
10
45
11
50
12
55
13
59
14
65
15
70
16
75
17
80
18
85
19
90
20
95

Useful Things to Copy

tot
ef
Depth
(ft)
(psf)
(psf)
(N1)60
(bpf)
12
10 Depth
18
(ft)
15
9
12
14
22
31
33
15
11
23
25
28
33
26
32
34
27

tot

ef

(psf)

(psf)

rd
(---)

cyc
(psf)

cyc
(%)

Resist,cyc
Resist,cycInc. Settle
rd
(---)
hi

(psf)
(%)
(ft)
Load,cycLoad,cycLoad,cyc
(psf)
(%)
(%)

Induced Stress Correlations

D
e
p
t
h
,f
t

Seed and Idriss (1975) *taken from fig 3.5, Dobry, Ladd, Yokel, Chung, and Powell
Equivalent Number of Cycles
Correction Factor
Earthquake
Magnitude
(-1 std dev) Mean (+1 std dev) (-1 std dev Mean
(+1 std dev)
5
2 3.5
5
10.5
6
4.2
5.5
2 3.5
5
10.5
6
4.2
6
2.5
4
6
8.4
5.25
3.5
6.5
3.5
6
9
6
3.5 2.333333
7
5
10
14
4.2
2.1
1.5
7.5
8
15
23
2.625
1.4 0.913043
8
10
21
33
2.1
1 0.636364
8.5
13
27
42 1.615385 0.777778
0.5
(***caution extrapolation)
Seed and Idriss(1971) *taken from fig 3.4, Dobry, Ladd, Yokel, Chung, and Powell
Depth
Stress Reduction Values, rd
(ft)
Low
Avg
High
0
1.000
1.000
1.000
5
0.980
0.990
1.000
10
0.960
0.980
1.000
15
0.945
0.965
0.990
20
0.930
0.950
0.980
Stress Reduction vs. Depth
25
0.905
0.938
0.970
30
0.880
0.920
0.960
0
35
0.820
0.883
0.945
f(x) = - 5861.
10 4777662375x^5 + 19570.6441736567x^4 - 26012.3745813941x^3 + 17142.2775938817x^2 - 56
40
0.760
0.845
0.930
R = 0.9983442449
45
0.685
0.795
0.905
20
50
0.610
0.745
0.880
Low
30
Polynomial (Low )
55
0.540
0.700
0.860
40
Avg
60
0.460
0.650
0.840
50
High
65
0.420
0.620
0.820
60
70
0.380
0.590
0.800
70
75
0.360
0.570
0.780
80
80
0.340
0.550
0.760
85
0.325
0.533
0.740
90
90
0.310
0.515
0.720
100
0.200 0.300 0.400 0.500 0.600 0.700 0.800 0.900 1.000
95
0.305
0.505
0.705
Stress Reduction Factor, rd
100
0.300
0.495
0.690

E
q
N
u
m
C
y

45

Equiv. Num. Cycles vs. Earthquake Magnitude

Mag

40

f(x)35= - 0.6818181818x^4 + 18.1060606061x^3 - 174.1477272729x^2 + 726.4204545462x - 1110.6022727286

R =30 0.9997210962
25
f(x)20= - 0.2727272727x^4 + 7.1212121212x^3 - 66.3712121213x^2 + 265.5779220781x - 384.7759740264
R =15 0.9998935173
f(x)105= - 0.0909090909x^4 + 2.3333333333x^3 - 21.0833333334x^2 + 81.0173160174x - 110.8441558443
R =0 50.9973575036
5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8 8.5 9
(-1 std dev)

Polynomial ((-1
std dev))

6.00
6.75
7.50
8.50

Mean

Seed & Idriss

EERI Curves
N
1
1.5
2.6
6
10
15
26
60
100

Earthquake Magnitude, M

567x^4 - 26012.3745813941x^3 + 17142.2775938817x^2 - 5647.7146739486x + 806.7596996524

T/Tl vs N Seed & Idriss

1
0.9
0.8
0.7
T/Tl

0.6

Colum

0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
1

10
N

1
0.785
0.63
0.482
0.412
0.365
0.325
0.3
0.29

tt/ttn15
2.739726
2.150685
1.726027
1.320548
1.128767
1
0.890411
0.821918
0.794521

log10 Neq y = 0.2776x6 - 2.1555x5 + 6.5006x4 - 9.6829x3 + 7.9121x2 - 4.4657x + 2.7395

0
2.7395
0.176091 2.151491
Log Neq vs CSR Multiplier
0.414973 1.724564
0.778151 1.323107
3
1
1.1257
1.176091 1.001185 f(x) =2.50.2776408317x^6 - 2.155524519x^5 + 6.5005640737x^4 - 9.6829178793x^3 + 7.9121164196x^2 - 4.4656612081x + 2.7395126769
R = 0.9999944703
1.414973 0.890473
2
1.778151 0.821232
1.5
2
0.7933
Column S
1
trend 2
C
S
R
M
u
ltip
lier

Seed & Idriss

EERI Curves
T/Tl

/Tl vs N Seed & Idriss

0.5
0
0 0.20.40.60.8 1 1.21.41.61.8 2
log Neq

Column R

10
N

100

121x2 - 4.4657x + 2.7395

21164196x^2 - 4.4656612081x + 2.7395126769

y = 0.2776x6 - 2.1555x5 + 6.5006x4 - 9.6829x3 + 7.9121x2 - 4.4657x + 2.7395

R2 = 1

657x + 2.7395

Liquefaction Resistance Correlations

Cyclic stress ratios causing liquefaction and (N1)60
Seed et al, 1984
Raw Data
Interpolated Values
<5% fines 15% fines 35% fines
t/so

(N1)60
0
0.05
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.25
0.3
0.35
0.4
0.45
0.5
0.6

0
4.67
8.92
13.61
18.17
22.3
25.51
27.7
28.92
29.51
29.84
30.5

0.5

0.4

(N1)60
-5
0.5
5
9.67
13.73
17.21
20.23
22.3
23.54
24.1
24.59
24.92

<5% fines 15% fines 35% fines

(N1)60 (N1)60 t/so

t/so
t/so
-8
0
0 0.045455 0.072222
-2
1 0.010707 0.055556 0.083333
2.5
2 0.021413 0.066667 0.094444
7.17
3 0.03212 0.077778 0.105353
10.93
4 0.042827 0.088889 0.11606
14.67
5 0.053882
0.1 0.126767
17.33
6 0.065647 0.110707 0.137473
19
7 0.077412 0.121413 0.14818
20
8 0.089176 0.13212 0.161037
20.26
9 0.100853 0.142827 0.174335
20.49
10 0.111514 0.154064 0.187633
20.82
11 0.122175 0.166379 0.200936
12 0.132836 0.178695 0.214305
13 0.143497 0.19101 0.227674
14 0.154276 0.203879 0.241043
15 0.165241 0.218247 0.256203
16 0.176206 0.232615
0.275
17 0.187171 0.246983 0.293797
18 0.198136 0.263079 0.32006
19 0.210048 0.279636
0.35
20 0.222155 0.296192
0.4
21 0.234262 0.318599 0.654545
22 0.246368 0.342754
0
23 0.260903 0.378226
0
24 0.27648 0.441071
0
25 0.292056 0.624242
0
26 0.311187
0
0
27 0.334018
0
0
28 0.362295
0
0
29 0.40678
0
0
30 0.524242
0
0
0
0
N vs taucyc/sigv'
0
Column A
Column A
Column A
Column F

N vs taucyc/sigv'
0.5

Column A
Column A
Column A
Column F
Column G
Column H

tau/sigma

0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
0

10

15

20

25

30

(N1)60

Unknown Correlation form Liquefac 3.04

CPT Corr
512
577.64
735.18
971.49
1601.64
2048

2.4
2.2
1.9
1.6
1.3
1

10
Vol. Compression, %

CPT correlations
Castro correlations
Strain
Vol-SP
Vol-SP-SC Vol-SC
0.0001
0
0
0
0.00026
0.1
0.0689
0.0566
0.0004
0.23
0.1
0.0822
0.00054
0.33
0.145
0.1
0.0008
0.53
0.225
0.17
0.001
0.65
0.274
0.215
0.002
1.1
0.44
0.34
0.005
1.5
0.73
0.58
0.01
1.75
1.08
0.85
0.02
2.2
1.58
1.3
0.05
2.82
2.2411
1.895

Cyclic Shear Strain vs. Vol Co

(Castro, 1991)

0.1

0.01
0.0001

0.001
Cyclic Shear Strain, mm/m

3072
4096
6144
10000

0.78
0.65
0.5
0.45

Magnitude Correlations
CSR/CSR7.5

4
5.25
6
6.75
7.5
8.5
9

1.8
1.5
1.32
1.13
1
0.89
0.835

N vs C
0.5

0.4

0.3

Mag

Column A
Column A
Column A
Column F
Column G
Column H

Column A
Column A
Column F
Column G
Column H

0.4

CSR

0.3

0.2

30

0.1

clic Shear Strain vs. Vol Comp.

(Castro, 1991)

10

(N1)
SP
SP-SC
SC

0.001
0.01
Cyclic Shear Strain, mm/mm

0.1

olumn A
olumn A
olumn A
olumn F
olumn G
olumn H

N vs CSR

olumn A
olumn A
olumn F
olumn G
olumn H

10

15

(N1)60

20

25

30

SP
Cyclic Shear Volumetric
(mm/mm)
(%)
0.0001
0.01
0.000255 0.100000
0.000377 0.200000
0.000495 0.300000
0.000637 0.400000
0.000759 0.500000
0.000904 0.600000
0.001117 0.700000
0.001299 0.800000
0.001604 0.900000
0.001922 1.000000
0.003210 1.268961
0.004212 1.410670
0.005695 1.589093
0.011965 2.000000
0.020000 2.314024
0.030000 2.579255
0.050000 2.920904

SP-SC
SC
Cyclic Shear Volumetric Cyclic Shear Volumetric
(mm/mm)
(%)
(mm/mm)
(%)
0.0001
0.01
0.0001
0.01
0.000401
0.100000
0.000525
0.100000
0.000732
0.200000
0.000961
0.200000
0.001151
0.300000
0.001653
0.300000
0.001756
0.400000
0.002599
0.400000
0.002522
0.500000
0.003733
0.500000
0.003410
0.600000
0.005047
0.600000
0.004474
0.700000
0.006622
0.700000
0.005525
0.800000
0.008429
0.800000
0.007033
0.900000
0.010410
0.900000
0.008178
1.000000
0.012476
1.000000
0.012858
1.268961
0.019614
1.268961
0.015881
1.410670
0.023506
1.410670
0.020000
1.589093
0.030000
1.589093
0.050000
2.241100
0.050000
1.895000

Vol. Comp e vol %

Vol. Comp. %

10

Castro, 1991

0.1

0.01
0.0001

Settl

10

0.1

SP
SP-SC
SC

0.001

0.01

Cyclic Shearing Strain (mm/mm)

0.1

0.01
0.0001

Cyclic Sh

Vol. Comp e vol %

Settlement Correlation

10

SP
SP-SC
SC

0.1

0.01
0.0001

0.001

0.01

Cyclic Shearing Strain g cyc (mm/mm)

0.1

Greduction Curves
Dobry and Vucetic
Shear Strai Log10 of
%,S-A
Shear strain
0
[Modulus]
0.0001
-4
1
0.0002 -3.69897
1
0.0005 -3.30103
0.99
0.001
-3
0.984
0.002 -2.69897
0.916
0.005 -2.30103
0.818
0.01
-2
0.711
0.02 -1.69897
0.578
0.05 -1.30103
0.381
0.1
-1
0.256
0.2 -0.69897
0.16
0.5 -0.30103
0.067
1
0
0.027
2
0.30103
0.008
5
0.69897
0.004
10
1
0.002
Computational Check
pi
Strain
Log strain
0
15
0.0001
-4 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.0002 -3.69897 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.0005 -3.30103 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.001
-3 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.002 -2.69897 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.005 -2.30103 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.01
-2 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.02 -1.69897 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.05 -1.30103 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.1
-1 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.2 -0.69897 #VALUE! #VALUE!
0.5 -0.30103 #VALUE! #VALUE!
1
0 #VALUE! #VALUE!
2 0.30103 #VALUE! #VALUE!
5 0.69897 #VALUE! #VALUE!
10
1 #VALUE! #VALUE!
xvalue
pi
gmax
sigv

Plasticity Index
15
30
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.992
1
0.965
0.992
0.898
0.953
0.818
0.898
0.719
0.816
0.549
0.664
0.408
0.537
0.287
0.416
0.158
0.266
0.096
0.162
0.055
0.09
0.028
0.045
0.014
0.023

30
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!

50
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!

50
1
1
1
1
1
0.982
0.953
0.898
0.781
0.676
0.535
0.377
0.246
0.135
0.068
0.034

100
1
1
1
1
1
0.999
0.982
0.951
0.893
0.818
0.713
0.527
0.365
0.217
0.109
0.054

100
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!

200
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!
#VALUE!

200
1
1
1
1
1
1
0.992
0.984
0.945
0.898
0.818
0.648
0.461
0.285
0.142
0.071

0.0001
0.011799
0.017626
0.0199
0.020728
0.021024
0.021128
0.021165
0.021179
0.021183
0.021185
0.021185
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186

0
1.002651
0.671168
0.594478
0.57072
0.562697
0.559908
0.558929
0.558584
0.558463
0.55842
0.558405
0.558399
0.558397
0.558397
0.558397
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396

5000
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183

650

0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186

0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396

0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183

0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186
0.021186

0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396
0.558396

0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183
0.01183

Strain S-A, %

Greduction vs SA strain

f(x)
f(x)
f(x)===0.0007957631x^6
-0.0002641599x^6
-0.0010778714x^6
0.0002619127x^6
0.0009269231x^6
0.0008467333x^6
+-0.0128914519x^5
-+0.0026474503x^5
-0.0096609734x^5
0.0013583591x^5
0.0125154511x^5
0.0100459457x^5
+- -0.0721288347x^4
+
0.0324540592x^4
-0.0152390425x^4
0.0326065161x^4
0.0496463703x^4
0.0309077759x^4
+- +0.0452499299x^3
0.1453846892x^3
+-+0.0675764819x^3
0.1209044617x^3
0.0176587464x^3
0.0250998998x^3
+- +0.0600847301x^
0.1413028337x^
++0.1250049817x
0.0303355595
0.174017613x
0.1523340823
RR
R===0.9998356286
0.999081133
0.9994687155
0.9997406591
0.9999031291
0.9999174439
Column D
t 1 p6
Column E
Polynomial (Column E)
Column F
t6
Column G
Polynomial (Column G)
Column H
Polynomial (Column H)
Column I
Polynomial (Column I)
G/Gmax
-4
-3.5
-3
-2.5
-2
-1.5
-1

12
10
8
6
4

Column C
Column D
Column E
Column F
Column G
Column H

12
10
Column C
Column D
Column E
Column F
Column G
Column H

8
6
4
2
0
-5

-4

-3

-2

-1

on vs SA strain

1
0998998x^3
044617x^3
9299x^3
587464x^3
64819x^3
6892x^3 +- +0.0600847301x^2
0.1413028337x^2
++0.1250049817x^2
0.0303355595x^2
0.174017613x^2
0.1523340823x^2
- -0.5664446675x
0.0845460914x
-0.1717643209x
0.3756770895x
-0.4981201109x
0.2753498734x
+ +0.4745119675
0.0228865335
++0.0898399338
0.2450113409
0.3740092232
0.162617167
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
G/Gmax
-1.5

Column C
Column D
Column E
Column F
Column G
Column H

-1

-0.5

0.5

Column C
Column D
Column E
Column F
Column G
Column H

1.000

f(x)
f(x) == 1.1888E-07x^4
3.1469E-08x^4
- 3.9627E-08x^4- 1.4926E-05x^3
5.0000E-06x^3
+ 3.6908E-06x^3
+ 4.3572E-04x^2
1.3336E-04x^2
- 1.5332E-04x^2- 7.2049E-03x
3.2625E-03x
+ 9.7999E-04x
+ 1.0022E+00
1.0015E+00
+ 9.9983E-01
R
R == 9.9883E-01
9.9919E-01
9.9876E-01

0.900

f(x) = 1.3986E-08x^4 - 3.7762E-06x^3 + 3.7727E-04x^2 - 2.0528E-02x + 1.3479E+00

R = 9.9995E-01

0.800

f(x) = 2.2145E-08x^4 - 7.8671E-06x^3 + 1.0923E-03x^2 - 7.2735E-02x + 2.4976E+00

R = 9.9925E-01

0.700

0.600

f(x) = 3.0303E-08x^4 - 1.1958E-05x^3 + 1.8074E-03x^2 - 1.2494E-01x + 3.6472E+00

R = 9.9823E-01

0.500

0.400

0.300

low
avg
high
low2
avg2

0.200

0.100
0

Polynomial (low)
Polynomial (avg)
Polynomial (high)
Polynomial (low2)
Polynomial (avg2)
10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

100

CPT vs SPT correlation chart

Qc
A Qc/2 silt B Qc/3.5 ClC Qc/5 CoaD Qc/6 SanE Qc/4 CleF Qc/4.5 Silty Sand
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
200
100 57.14286
40 33.33333
50 44.44444

A Qc/2 silts,sandy silts, slightly cohesive sand-silt

mixture
B Qc/3.5 Clean, fine-med sands and sl. silty sands
C Qc/5 Coarse sands and sands w/gravel
D Qc/6 Sandy gravels and gravel
E Qc/4 Clean sand
100
90
80
70
50

100

40
30

80

20
10
0
0

40

80

Qc

120

160

200

SPT N

60

60
40
20
0

40

Cone

CPT to SPT Conversion

100

SPT N

80
60
40
20
0

40

80

120

160

Cone Tip Resistance, Qc (tsf)

200

Silts
Fine Sand
Sand
Silty Sand
Coarse Sands
Sandy Gravel

and

and
Sands
Gravel

Kramer Example (reworked)

GWT(m)

Depth
(m)

Converting to American Standard Units

GWT(m)
4.9
Depth
sigv
Rd
tcyc
N
N160
(ft)
(psf)
(psf)
3.9
462
0.994
48
7.0
17.3
7.2
890
0.989
91
4.0
7.9
10.5
1337
0.982
136
3.0
5.1
13.8
1782
0.976
181
3.0
4.6
17.1
2228
0.968
226
5.0
7.0
20.3
2675
0.960
267
9.0
11.7
23.6
3122
0.951
309
12.0
14.6
26.9
3569
0.940
349
12.0
13.7
30.2
4016
0.926
386
14.0
15.2
33.5
4465
0.910
422
9.0
9.3
36.7
4910
0.886
453
23.0
22.8
40.0
5357
0.864
482
13.0
12.4
43.3
5804
0.835
503
11.0
10.1
46.6
6251
0.813
528
11.0
9.8
49.9
6698
0.767
535
24.0
20.7
53.1
7145
0.739
549
27.0
22.5
56.4
7592
0.704
556
5.0
4.1
59.7
8037
0.671
562
6.0
4.7
63.0
8484
0.642
566
4.0
3.1
66.3
8933
0.625
581
38.0
28.5

1.874 gamma sub

1.18
(Mg/m^3)
sigv'
Tcycl
FSL
(kPa)
(kPa)
22.1
0.087
36.40
3.17
0.72
0.056
47.30
2.65
0.41
0.051
58.80
3.00
0.35
0.077
70.40
5.42
0.50
0.130
82.00
10.70
0.84
0.161
93.60
15.10
1.02
0.151
105.30
15.90
0.95
0.167
116.80
19.50
1.05
0.102
128.40
13.10
0.65
0.250
140.00
35.00
1.61
0.136
151.30
20.60
0.89
0.111
163.10
18.10
0.75
0.108
174.70
18.90
0.75
0.228
186.30
42.50
1.66
0.245
197.90
48.50
1.84
0.045
209.40
9.42
0.35
0.052
221.10
11.50
0.43
0.034
232.70
7.91
0.29
0.350
244.30
85.50
3.08
gam sat
136.032
gamma dry
116.9376 gam sub
73.632
CSRl
sigv'
Tcycl
FSL
(psf)
(psf)
0.000
462
0
0.00
0.087
760
66
0.72
0.056
988
55
0.41
0.051
1228
63
0.35
0.077
1470
113
0.50
0.130
1713
223
0.84
0.161
1955
315
1.02
0.151
2199
332
0.95
0.167
2439
407
1.05
0.102
2682
274
0.65
0.250
2924
731
1.61
0.136
3160
430
0.89
0.111
3406
378
0.75
0.108
3649
395
0.75
0.228
3891
888
1.66
0.245
4133
1013
1.84
0.045
4373
197
0.35
0.052
4618
240
0.43
0.034
4860
165
0.29
0.350
5102
1786
3.08

tcyc
(kPa)

Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth
Depth

TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc
TauCyc

1.2
2.2
3.2
4.2
5.2
6.2
7.2
8.2
9.2
10.2
11.2
12.2
13.2
14.2
15.2
16.2
17.2
18.2
19.2
20.2

sigv
(kPa)

Rd

22.1
42.6
64.0
85.3
106.7
128.1
149.5
170.9
192.3
213.8
235.1
256.5
277.9
299.3
320.7
342.1
363.5
384.8
406.2
427.7

3.9
7.184211
10.46842
13.75263
17.03684
20.32105
23.60526
26.88947
30.17369
33.4579
36.74211
40.02632
43.31053
46.59474
49.87895
53.16316
56.44737
59.73158
63.0158
66.3

0.994
0.989
0.982
0.976
0.968
0.960
0.951
0.940
0.926
0.910
0.886
0.864
0.835
0.813
0.767
0.739
0.704
0.671
0.642
0.625

SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT
SPT

2.28
4.38
6.53
8.66
10.80
12.80
14.80
16.70
18.50
20.20
21.70
23.10
24.10
25.30
25.60
26.30
26.60
26.90
27.10
27.80

17.36556
7.941792
5.150437
4.600186
6.986621
11.65388
14.56477
13.75575
15.22382
9.348758
22.84015
12.41341
10.12347
9.805766
20.67523
22.48325
4.064557
4.73317
3.27119
28.57248

1.5 gamma sat

(Mg/m^3)
N160
CSRl
7
4
3
3
5
9
12
12
14
9
23
13
11
11
24
27
5
6
4
38

SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV
SigmaV

17.3
7.9
5.1
4.6
7.0
11.7
14.6
13.7
15.2
9.3
22.8
12.4
10.1
9.8
20.7
22.5
4.1
4.7
3.1
28.5

456.3
741.4179
983.1359
1224.854
1466.572
1708.289
1950.007
2191.725
2433.443
2675.161
2916.879
3158.597
3400.315
3642.033
3883.751
4125.468
4367.187
4608.904
4850.623
5092.34

85.40616
57.39447
52.97367
52.45626
96.27611
208.71
300.8399
314.5056
402.1051
269.7977
718.6257
419.5749
379.1823
367.3095
862.7946
1016.383
187.0315
197.3835
155.8016
1844.93

3.28084
10.76391
kPa>psf
0.224809 20.88543

117.2383
136.0667
73.66667

Revsion History for Liquefac

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