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 ...
Imagining the sight of solid ground transforming into a gooey flowing liquid, while small geysers surge floods of sandy water ...
A 7.5 magnitude earthquake shook Donggala and Palu in the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia on September 28, 2018, causing destruction that killed more than 1700 people. Not long, the public was shocked ...