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Practical Considerations Regarding the Probability of Liquefaction in Engineering Design by Franke, Kevin W, Olson, Scott M

“…AbstractEngineering practitioners have widely adopted probabilistic methods for estimating liquefaction triggering hazards. Unfortunately, incorrect…”
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Shear Band Formation Observed in Ring Shear Tests on Sandy Soils by Sadrekarimi, Abouzar, Olson, Scott M

“…Shear band formation is an important factor in understanding failures in soil. In this paper, shear localization and shear band formation and evolution are…”
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Response of Sands to Multidirectional Dynamic Loading in Centrifuge Tests by Cerna-Diaz, Alfonso, Olson, Scott M, Hashash, Youssef M. A, Numanoglu, Ozgun A, Rutherford, Cassandra J, Bhaumik, Lopamudra, Weaver, Thomas

“…AbstractDynamic centrifuge tests were performed to investigate multidirectional loading effects on the shear and volumetric response of saturated sands under…”
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Evaluation of reliquefaction resistance using shaking table tests by Ha, Ik-Soo, Olson, Scott M., Seo, Min-Woo, Kim, Myoung-Mo

“…Cases of modern and prehistoric liquefaction illustrate that sand deposits can be liquefied again (or “reliquefied”) by a subsequent earthquake after initially…”
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Effect of Overconsolidation on Cyclic Resistance of Soils by Chen, Jiarui, Olson, Scott M.

“…AbstractThe effect of overconsolidation on the cyclic resistance ratio (CRR) for both non-plastic and plastic soils is examined using a laboratory test…”
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Seismic performance of earth structures during the February 2010 Maule, Chile earthquake; dams, levees, tailings dams, and retaining walls by Verdugo, Ramon, Sitar, Nicholas, Frost, J. David, Bray, Jonathan D, Candia, Gabriel, Eldridge, Terry, Hashash, Youssef, Olson, M, Urzua, Alfredo

“…The 27 February 2010 Maule, Chile, earthquake occurred during the driest time of the year, which implied that most of the soils in the slopes were not…”
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SHANSEP-Based Interpretation of Overconsolidation Effect on Monotonic Shearing Resistance of Contractive Nonplastic Soils by Chen, Jiarui, Olson, Scott M

“…AbstractThe effect of overconsolidation on the monotonic shearing resistance of three nonplastic soils (a clean sand, a clean sand and fine tailings mixture,…”
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Closure to “SHANSEP-Based Interpretation of Overconsolidation Effect on Monotonic Shearing Resistance of Contractive Nonplastic Soils” by Jiarui Chen and Scott M. Olson by Chen, Jiarui, Olson, Scott M.

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A semi-empirical relationship for the small-strain shear modulus of soft clays by Taukoor, Vashish, Rutherford, Cassandra J., Olson, Scott M.

“…The small-strain shear modulus (G max ) is a soil property that has many practical applications. The authors compiled a database of G max measurements for 40…”
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Liquefied strength ratio from liquefaction flow failure case histories by Olson, Scott M, Stark, Timothy D

“…The shear strength of liquefied soil, s u (LIQ), mobilized during a liquefaction flow failure is normalized with respect to the vertical effective stress ( σ '…”
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Particle damage observed in ring shear tests on sands by Sadrekarimi, Abouzar, Olson, Scott M

“…In this paper, particle damage of three test sands with different mineralogical compositions is studied using stress-displacement response measured in ring…”
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Common-Origin Approach to Assess Level-Ground Liquefaction Susceptibility and Triggering in CPT-Compatible Soils Using ΔQ by Saye, Steven R, Olson, Scott M, Franke, Kevin W

“…AbstractCurrent engineering practice employs clean sand–based procedures to evaluate liquefaction triggering in nonplastic, coarse-grained soils and…”
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Nonlinear Site Response Analysis with Pore-Water Pressure Generation for Liquefaction Triggering Evaluation by Olson, Scott M, Mei, Xuan, Hashash, Youssef M. A

“…AbstractThe cyclic-stress approach is widely used to evaluate level-ground liquefaction triggering. Although easy to use, several limitations introduce…”
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Closure to “Residual and Postliquefaction Strength of a Liquefiable Sand” by Mandar Dewoolkar, Jay Hargy, Ian Anderson, Pedro de Alba, and Scott M. Olson by Dewoolkar, Mandar, Olson, Scott M

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Evaluation of a simplified soil constitutive model considering implied strength and pore-water pressure generation for one-dimensional (1D) seismic site response by Mei, Xuan, Olson, Scott M, Hashash, Youssef M.A

“…Pore-water pressure (PWP) generation can lead to soil softening and liquefaction of sandy soils during earthquakes, with potential influence on site response…”
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Empirical porewater pressure generation model parameters in 1-D seismic site response analysis by Mei, Xuan, Olson, Scott M., Hashash, Youssef M.A.

“…The Vucetic-Dobry porewater pressure (PWP) generation model is implemented in widely used one-dimensional site response analysis software. This PWP model…”
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Residual State of Sands by Sadrekarimi, Abouzar, Olson, Scott M

“…AbstractThe uniqueness and form of the critical state line for sands have been widely debated in the literature when particles crush. In this paper, the…”
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Linear Trendlines to Assess Soil Classification from Cone Penetration Test Data by Saye, Steven R, Santos, Jorge, Olson, Scott M, Leigh, Ryan D

“…AbstractThe data format developed by Robertson and his coworkers to assess soil behavior type with cone penetration test data using a series of concentric…”
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Yield strength ratios, critical strength ratios, and brittleness of sandy soils from laboratory tests by Sadrekarimi, Abouzar, Olson, Scott M

“…In this study, we performed 26 undrained triaxial compression and 32 constant-volume ring shear tests on two clean sands and one silty sand. We then used these…”
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Mitigating Lateral Spreading Forces on Large Foundations Using Ground Deflection Walls by Olson, Scott M, Muszynski, Mark R, Hashash, Youssef M. A, Phillips, Camilo

“…AbstractDeflection walls were considered for mitigating lateral spreading-induced bending moments on large-dimension foundations. The efficacy of the walls was…”
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