[1]Mitsu OKAMURA.Full Scale Test on Cost Effective Liquefaction Countermeasure for a Highway Embankment[J].Journal of Seismological Research,2017,40(01):45-51.
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Journal of Seismological Research[ISSN 1000-0666/CN 53-1062/P] Volume:
40
Number of periods:
2017 01
Page number:
45-51
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Public date:
2017-03-20
- Title:
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Full Scale Test on Cost Effective Liquefaction Countermeasure for a Highway Embankment
- Author(s):
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Mitsu OKAMURA
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Graduate School of Science and Engineering,Ehime University,Matsuyama,Japan
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- Keywords:
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liquefaction; countermeasure; desaturation; embankment
- CLC:
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TU441
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- Abstract:
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:Desaturation of ground by air injection attracts considerable attention in recent years as an innovative cost effective technique for liquefaction countermeasure.This paper describes an in-situ air injection test which aimed to verify effectiveness of the use of higher air injection pressures to desaturate very wide zone from a single air injector.In the test,air was injected in liquefiable foundation soils immediately below a highway embankment.Observations revealed that the soil around the injector was desaturated effectively and the zone of influence extended more than 9 m from the injector.This radius was about 5 times larger than that achieved in the past test,leading to a dramatic reduction in execution cost.