LIQUEFACTION ANALYSIS

EXAMPLE 1, Mud Bay Utilities, SPT Data

Hole No.=B-1

(m)
0

Water Depth=5 m

Soil Description

Brown fine to medium SAND with some silt

and gravel (very loose)

Surface Elev.=234.5
Raw Unit Fines Shear Stress Ratio
SPT Weight % 0
4 120 8

Magnitude=6
Acceleration=0.25g
0.5

Factor of Safety
0 1
5

Settlement
0 (cm)

100

105 35

90

56

98

water encountered
6

Brown silty clay

10

12

Gray silty SAND

14

12 105
16

18

Gray medium SAND

14

20

22

Gray SILT

24

14 80

25

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increasing silt
28

18

30

32

34

Boring completed at 35 feet on 3/5/1999

24 112

36

38
fs=1
fs=1.20
40

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CRR
CSR
Shaded Zone has Liquefaction Potential

AT98564 Mud Bay Utilities

Wet
Dry
S = 88.49 cm

Plate A-1