Abstract
This paper proposes an alternative mechanism of pile failure in liquefiable deposits during earthquakes. This failure mechanism, based on pile buckling, is formulated by back-analysing 14 case histories of pile foundation performance during earthquakes and verified using dynamic centrifuge tests. A new parameter, the slenderness ratio of a pile, is introduced to classify pile performance in liquefiable soils. This parameter fits very well both the reported case histories and the centrifuge test results.
| Translated title of the contribution | An alternative mechanism of pile failure in liquefiable deposits during earthquakes |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 203 - 213 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Géotechnique |
| Volume | 54 (3) |
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| Publication status | Published - Apr 2004 |