<p>The paper reviews the in situ freezing method to retrieve undisturbed sandy and gravelly soil samples and available laboratory equipments to test coarse grained soils. As for the triaxial equipments, the importance of local strain measurements and other ...

<p>Special Publication 117 (SP 117), published by the California Department of Conservation, Division of Mines and Geology in 1997, presents guidelines for evaluation of seismic hazards other than surface fault-rupture and for recommending mitigation measures. ...

Relationships between cone penetration tip resistance and the liquefaction potential of sandy soils are presented to facilitate use of the cone penetration test (CPT) in liquefaction assessments. The relationships are based on 180 liquefaction and nonliquefaction ...