Ask them to think about how liquefaction can cause damage, particularly to structures. Encourage your students to think about other types of damage triggered by increased water pressure due to ...

Here’s a brief explanation of liquefaction, how common it is, and where it is likely to happen. Liquefaction is a phenomenon where saturated sand and silt take on the characteristics of a liquid ...

The proposed procedure is applied to assess the soil liquefaction potential, which is found to be considerably affected by the inherent spatial variability of soil properties. Parametric studies, ...

The town is also built on a sand dune. Dunes, which are hills of sand formed by wind near a large body of water, are a type of relatively loose, wet soil prone to liquefaction.