| Abstract: | Through an energy approach, a model is proposed to predict the cyclic liquefaction strength of saturated sands in terms of their static shear strengths. Plots of cyclic liquefaction strength versus relative density and also versus modified standard penetration resistance are presented for various uniformity coefficients and different numbers of stress cycles. The predicted cyclic liquefaction strength values are converted to cyclic stress ratios and compare favourably with Seed's empirical correlations. |
