Soil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes contains
selected papers presented at the New Zealand Japan Workshop on Soil
Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes (Auckland, New
Zealand, 2-3 December 2013).
The 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes in New Zealand and the 2011
off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku Earthquake in Japan have caused
significant damage to many residential houses due to varying
degrees of soil liquefaction over a very wide extent of urban areas
unseen in past destructive earthquakes. While soil liquefaction
occurred in naturally-sedimented soil formations in Christchurch,
most of the areas which liquefied in Tokyo Bay area were reclaimed
soil and artificial fill deposits, thus providing researchers with
a wide range of soil deposits to characterize soil and site
response to large-scale earthquake shaking.
Although these earthquakes in New Zealand and Japan caused
extensive damage to life and property, they also serve as an
opportunity to understand better the response of soil and building
foundations to such large-scale earthquake shaking. With the wealth
of information obtained in the aftermath of both earthquakes,
information-sharing and knowledge-exchange are vital in arriving at
liquefaction-proof urban areas in both countries. Data regarding
the observed damage to residential houses as well as the lessons
learnt are essential for the rebuilding efforts in the coming years
and in mitigating buildings located in regions with high
liquefaction potential.
As part of the MBIE-JSPS collaborative research programme, the
Geomechanics Group of the University of Auckland and the
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory of the University of Tokyo
co-hosted the workshop to bring together researchers to review the
findings and observations from recent large-scale earthquakes
related to soil liquefaction and discuss possible measures to
mitigate future damage.
Soil Liquefaction during Recent Large-Scale Earthquakes will be
of great interest to researchers, academics, industry practitioners
and other professionals involved in Earthquake Geotechnical
Engineering, Foundation Engineering, Earthquake Engineering and
Structural Dynamics."
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