Page History

Thrust Areas

Key tasks/Deliverables

Start

Finish

FP2.1  Liquefaction Evaluation: Beyond Current State-of-Art-and-Practice 

1. Develop methodologies for assessment of liquefaction susceptibility and triggering; liquefaction-induced ground deformation

1/01/2016

31/12/2020

2. Integrate field, laboratory and computational tools to develop next-generation liquefaction methods and procedures

1/01/2016

31/12/2020

FP2.2 Liquefaction Vulnerability of New Zealand Land and Infrastructure

1. Examine, through field and laboratory investigation, typical New Zealand soils that are challenging for liquefaction assessment (silty soils, pumiceous soils and gravelly soils; soil composition, soil micro-structure, ground conditions, details, overall deposit characteristics)

1/01/2016

31/12/2019

2. Compile, summarise and interpret historical evidence of liquefaction in New Zealand (paleo-liquefaction studies)

1/01/2016

31/12/2018

3. Develop liquefaction assessment procedures for challenging soils

1/01/2018

31/12/2020

4. Enhance observations from Canterbury and Kaikoura Earthquakes with experimental and analytical studies to improve performance assessment of characteristic infrastructure

1/01/2016

31/12/2020

FP2.3  Liquefaction Assessment and Mitigation: Systems Approach

1. Develop assessment methodologies for micro and macro systems: Soil-foundation-building system (shallow and pile foundations); building-soil-building systems; bridge system

1/01/2017

31/12/2020

2. Evaluate liquefaction impacts on spatially distributed systems and networks (transportation networks; pipe networks)

1/01/2019

31/12/2020

3. Develop a framework for performance based criteria incorporating planning, management, operational, owner and user’s perspectives in engineering evaluations of liquefaction impacts

1/01/2019

31/12/2020