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Dynamic Stability of Sandy-Soil Mass with Depth-Dependent Liquefaction Potential

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A method of predicting the stress-strain state of soil foundations under a dynamic response based on a liquefaction potential is analyzed. Laboratory studies of sandy water-saturated soils under the conditions of dynamic triaxial compression were performed. It is demonstrated that the use of an ‘average’ liquefaction potential for a layer regardless of its thickness effects an unreasonably optimistic assessment of the stability of a soil mass.

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Translated from Osnovaniya, Fundamenty i Mekhanika Gruntov, No. 4, July-August, 2023.

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Ter-Martirosyan, A.Z., Sobolev, E.S., Angelo, G.O. et al. Dynamic Stability of Sandy-Soil Mass with Depth-Dependent Liquefaction Potential. Soil Mech Found Eng 60, 297–303 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11204-023-09894-z

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