Effect of Pavement Thickness and Width on Liquefaction-Induced Settlements and the Contribution of Sand Ejecta in Total Settlement

Muhammad Mohsan*, Takashi Kiyota, Muhammad Umar, Toshihiko Katagiri

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Abstract

This paper investigates the settlement in a pavement due to soil liquefaction. Four 1-g shaking table tests were performed on saturated sand bed-pavement model to understand the factors affecting the liquefaction-induced settlements and their relation to the pavement thickness and width. All the tests were performed with a base acceleration of 320 gal in a laminar box. The shaking table tests revealed that the total settlement reduced with the increase in the pavement thickness. The pavement with the same thickness but different width showed that the total settlement reduced with the increase in the pavement width. The co-seismic settlement and post-seismic settlement depend upon the thickness and width of the pavement, and the maximum contribution of the sand ejecta is around 7.7% in the total settlement.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4523-4531
Number of pages9
JournalGeotechnical and Geological Engineering
Volume39
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021

Keywords

  • Liquefaction
  • Pavement
  • Sand ejecta
  • Settlement
  • Shaking table test

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