Table

Liquefaction potential judgment : calculation of FL

by Recommendation for Dedign of Building Foundations 2001, Architectural Institute of Japan

<Soil layer and wet unit wight>

Upper level (m) 0.00 1.20 1.80 2.50 3.80 Under level (m) 1.20 1.80 2.50 3.80 9.85 Wet unit weight (kN/m3) 15.7 14.7 13.7 17.6 17.6

Boring No.

Groundwater level GL3.80

Object of soil layer : Fc35% but, if the soil on reclaimed land or embankment is FC35%, it is possible to apply the soil of CC10% or IP15. Maximum accelerations of ground surface max 150 200 350 (cm/s2)

Table 2. The calculation of FL

Depth N value Fine fraction content Fc(%) 0.0 1.0 0.0 5.0 22.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 Clay fraction content Cc(%) 50.0 50.0 50.0 100.0 0.0

Magnitude of earhauake =
Increment of Compensation compensation N-value N value by FC

Dynamic shear strain of soil=

Whole Effective Plasticity overburden overburden Conversion index earth earth N value pressure pressure Ip z z' 1

L /'z

d / 'z

Safety factor FL [max (cm/s )]

2

GL-(m) 1.20 ]1.8 2.50 3.80 9.85

1 11.0 11.0 11.0 11.0 0.0

a 11.0 #VALUE! 11.0 21.4 26.0 0.55

150cm/s2 200cm/s2 350cm/s2 150cm/s2 200cm/s2

no judgment 0.982 0.28 0.37 0.65 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! no judgment no judgment 0.963 0.30 0.40 0.71 no judgment 0.943 0.27 0.36 0.62 2.50 0.852 0.22 0.29 0.51 no judgment no judgment no judgment no judgment

18.8 7.1 0.0 #VALUE! #VALUE! #VALUE! 37.2 12.7 0.0 60.1 22.8 10.4 166.6 70.0 26.0

1.90

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Safety factor FL [max (cm/s )]

350cm/s2
no judgment no judgment no judgment no judgment 2

1.08