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Multilinear Regression Equations for Predicting Lateral Spread Displacement from Soil Type and CPT Data

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Title Multilinear Regression Equations for Predicting Lateral Spread Displacement from Soil Type and CPT Data
Names Gillins, Daniel T. (creator)
Bartlett, Steven F. (creator)
Date Issued 2014-04 (iso8601)
Note This is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by the American Society of Civil Engineers and can be found at: http://cedb.asce.org.
Abstract In the 1990s, Bartlett and Youd introduced empirical equations for predicting
horizontal displacement from liquefaction-induced lateral spreading; these equations have
become popular in engineering practice. The equations were developed by multilinear
regression (MLR) of lateral spreading case history data compiled by these researchers. In 2002,
these equations were revised and updated to include additional case history data. The
regressions indicated that the amount of horizontal displacement is statistically related to the
topography, earthquake magnitude, and distance from the seismic energy source; and, the
thickness, fines content, and mean grain size of the saturated, granular sediments with corrected
Standard Penetration Test blow count values less than 15. This paper proposes to modify the
MLR empirical equations by replacing the fines content and mean grain size factors with soil
description factors. Such modification allows investigators performing preliminary evaluations
to make lateral spread displacement estimates using existing geotechnical data with sparse
laboratory measurements. The paper also proposes a methodology to estimate the required
geotechnical inputs in the proposed modified MLR equations using cone penetration test data.
Genre Article
Topic Soil liquefaction
Identifier Gillins, D. T., & Bartlett, S. F. (2014). Multilinear Regression Equations for Predicting Lateral Spread Displacement from Soil Type and Cone Penetration Test Data. Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, 140(4). doi:10.1061/(ASCE)GT.1943-5606.0001051

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