Soil liquefaction that results in infrastructure damage has long been a point of contention for urban planners and engineers. Accurately predicting the soil liquefaction risk of a region could help ...

Liquefaction is a phenomenon in which the strength and stiffness of a soil is reduced by earthquake shaking or other rapid loading. Liquefaction can cause major damage during an earthquake. In this ...

Suggested Citation: "8 Use of Computational Mechanics to Predict Liquefaction and Its Consequences." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2021. State of the Art and Practice in ...