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Liquefaction Resistance of Geologically Aged Sand Deposits

David SaftnerUniversity of Minnesota Duluth

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

Photo from Penzien, 1964

Photo courtesy of Rebecca Teasley

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aCSR

'65.0 max

Whitman (1971)

Seed and Idriss (1971)

Updated several times since 1971

“Simplified” Method

0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 1800

0.05

0.1

0.15

0.2

0.25

0.3

0.35

0.4

0.45

0.5

Normalized Tip Resistance, qc1N

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RR

Robertson & Wride (1998)

Moss et al. (2006)

Idriss & Boulanger (2008)

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

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100

102

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108

1

1.5

2

2.5

3

3.5

Age (years)

Str

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h G

ain

Fac

tor

Kulhawy and Mayne (1990)

Seed (1979)

Photo from USGS, 2009

Photo from USGS, 2009

Photo from South Carolinian Library Archives, 2012

From Andrus et al., 2009

Measured to Estimated Shear Wave Velocity Ratio(Hayati and Andrus, 2009)

𝐾𝐷𝑅=1.08𝑀𝐸𝑉𝑅−0.08

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

(from Hryciw, 1986)

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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 400

CPT tip resistance, qc (MPa)

Pre-Blast Range (7 tests)

One Week Range (6 tests)2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

Dep

th, z

(m

)

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

Blast site

Paleo-liquefactionsites

Photo courtesy of Mulzer Crushed Stone, Inc.

Griffin, IN

Nor

th

Clay

Loose ~GWTSand

DenseSand

LooseGravellySand

2m

1m

2m

5m

4mLower Liquefiable Layer

Upper Liquefiable Layer

0 m

2 m

4 m

6 m

8 m

10 m

12 m

14 m

Paleo-liquefaction feature

Paleo-liquefaction feature

6 8 10 12 14 16 1810

10.5

11

11.5

12

12.5

13

13.5

14

Tip resistance, qc (MPa)

Dep

th, z

(m

)

Pre-Blast Mean (7 tests)One Week Mean (6 tests)

200 210 220 230 240 250 26010

10.5

11

11.5

12

12.5

13

13.5

14

Shear Wave Velocity, Vs (m/sec)

Dep

th,

z (m

)

Pre-Blast V s

Post-Blast V s

Jebba Dam, Jebba, Nigeria

Explosive Compaction Projects in Aged Sand Deposits

Douglas Lake, Michigan

Harriet’s Bluff, Georgia

Greeley, Colorado

Pre-Blast Tip Resistance

(MPa)

Post-Blast Tip Resistance

(MPa)

Strength Gain

Factor

Geologic Age (years before

present)Griffin, IN 14.5 8 1.95 12,000Jebba, Nigeria (Mitchell and Solymar, 1984)

15 10 1.5 15,000

Harriet’s Bluff, GA (Hryciw and Dowding, 1988)

5 3.75 1.25 5,000

Greeley, CO (Charlie et al., 1992)

4.5 2.6 1.97 11,000

Douglas Lake, MI (Thomann and Hryciw, 1992)

8 2.5 2.15 9,000

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

Pre-Blast Vs

(m/sec)

Post-Blast Vs

(m/sec)

Predicted MEVR

Predicted MEVR

± 1 σ

Calculated MEVR

Griffin, IN 256 212 1.24 1.07 – 1.41 1.26Douglas Lake, MI (Thomann and Hryciw, 1992)

220 170 1.23 1.06 – 1.4 1.27

𝐾𝐷𝑅=0.201 log 𝑡+0.863

Liquefaction Overview

Current Methods of Accounting for Age in Liquefaction Analysis

Additional Data from Explosive Compaction Projects

Griffin, Indiana

Comparison of Current Methods

Conclusions

Outline

Explosive compaction resets a deposit’s

geotechnical age Determine age using Andrus et al. (2009)

MEVR approach Strength gain factor using:

Questions?

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