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FIGURE 6.11
Pre- and posttreatment standard penetration resistance profiles
at a warehouse site. (
Reproduced from the Kobe Geotechnical Collection, EERC,
University of California, Berkeley.
)
6.6
Use the data from the example problem in Sec. 6.4.5, but assume that the shear
wave velocity
V
s
150 m/s. Calculate the factor of safety against liquefaction.
Answer:
See
Table 6.3.
6.7
Use the data from the example problem in Sec. 6.4.5, but assume that the soil type
is crushed limestone (i.e., soil type 1, see Fig. 6.12) and at a depth of 3 m,
q
c
1
5.0 MPa.
Calculate the factor of safety against liquefaction.
Answer:
See Table 6.3.
6.8
Use the data from the example problem in Sec. 6.4.5, but assume that the soil type
is silty gravel (i.e., soil type 2, see Fig. 6.12) and at a depth of 3 m,
q
c
1
7.5 MPa. Calculate
the factor of safety against liquefaction.
Answer:
See Table 6.3.
6.9
Use the data from the example problem in Sec. 6.4.5, but assume that the soil type
is gravelly sand (i.e., soil type 3, see Fig. 6.12) and at a depth of 3 m,
q
c
1
14 MPa.
Calculate the factor of safety against liquefaction.
Answer:
See Table 6.3.
