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Our goal is to develop novel methods to improve the quantification of impacts of soil liquefaction on infrastructure through a fundamental understanding of liquefaction susceptibility, triggering, and consequences; and use these methods to assess liquefaction impacts throughout NZ and their potential to be mitigated. These novel methods will represent a major advance in the field, and will be based on the unprecedented data and internationally recognised on-going research related to soil liquefaction and related infrastructure damage in the Canterbury earthquakes.
Current Projects
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- Effects of Partial Saturation on Liquefaction Triggering - M. Cubrinovski, M. Stringer (UC); S. van Ballegooy (T&T)
- Evaluation of liquefaction potential of pumiceous deposits through field testing - R. Orense, M. Pender, L. Wotherspoon (UA); M. Cubrinovski (UC); S. van Ballegooy (T&T)
- Numerical modelling of recorded pore pressure response during the Canterbury Earthquake Sequence - M. Pender, R. Orense (UA); S. van Ballegooy (T&T)
- Evaluation of undisturbed sampling techniques for pumiceous soils - M. Stringer (UC), R. Orense (UA), M. Cubrinovski (UC), M. Pender (UA)
- Comparison between deterministic and probabilistic triggering assessment approaches over the Christchurch area - V. Lacrosse (T&T); B. Bradley (UC); S. van Ballegooy (T&T)
- Lateral Spreading Observations and Interpretation from the Christchurch Earthquakes - S. van Ballegooy (T&T), M. Cubrinovski (UC), J. Russell (T&T), S. Bastin (QuakeCoRE)
- Whakatane liquefaction case history from the 1987 Edgecumbe Earthquake: examination of an extensive CPT dataset supplemented by paleo-liquefaction investigations - S. van Ballegooy (T&T); S. Bastin (QuakeCoRE); R. Orense, M. Pender, L. Wotherspoon (UA)
- Characterisation of cyclic behaviour and liquefaction resistance of Wellington Port gravelly soils - G. Chiaro (UC); M. Taylor (Arup); L. Wotherspoon (UA); S. Palmer (T&T)
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