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ON LATERAL SPREAD
By Takeji Kokusho1
ABSTRACT: A 1D saturated sand layer of 2 m in thickness, in which a silt seam is sandwiched, is liquefied
by an instant shock. It is found that a water film is easily formed beneath the silt seam with a thickness as thin
as a few millimeters just after liquefaction in loose sand and that the film lasts longer than the post-liquefaction
settlement. The effect of the water film on pore-pressure distribution and sand settlement is intensively studied.
1g shake table tests are then carried out for 2D models with or without seams of silt within a saturated sand
layer. In the former case, water films formed beneath silt seams just after liquefaction enable the soil mass above
them to glide due to an unbalanced force along the water films, not only during but also after shaking. In the
latter case, the soil deforms continuously, mostly during shaking, and stops afterward. Thus, a significant effect
of water films formed beneath thin, low-permeability sublayers in a liquefied loose sand, on the failure mode
and timing in lateral spread, is clearly demonstrated by these simple model tests.
FIG. 6. Time-Dependent Variation in Excess Pore-Pressure at Five Levels of Sand Layer (a) with Seam of Silt; (b) without Seam of Silt
FIG. 9. Effect of Sand Density in Lower Layer on (a) Maximum FIG. 11. Schematic Chart on Postliquefaction Excess Pore-
Thickness; and (b) Time Duration of Water Film Pressure Distribution Considering Water Film Effect
FIG. 15. Photograph of Hair-Like Water Film in Lower Part of FIG. 16. 2D Saturated Sand Layer with Horizontal Seams of
Arc-Shape Silt Seam Silt Loaded by Embankment in Lucite Box on Shake Table
CONCLUSIONS
Two different types of model tests of a qualitative nature
FIG. 17. Deformation of Horizontal Sand Layer during Shaking
(Top) and after Shaking (Bottom): (a) Case 3, with Silt Seams; (b)
have been carried out in this research to investigate the effect
Case 4, without Silt Seams of water films formed beneath relatively impervious sublayers
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FIG. 19. Time-Histories of Shake-Table Acceleration and Pore Pressure at Four Points in Sand Layer: (a) Case 3, with Silt Seams; (b)
Case 4, without Silt Seams
in a liquefied sand layer: a 1D saturated loose sand layer model 6. In a horizontally layered deposit, water films are formed
and a 2D model. In the former, the process of growth and horizontally and can be part of a potential slip surface
decay of the water film has been studied under simplified con- for flow failure. In this case, too, the deformation of sand
ditions. In the latter, the effect of a water film on lateral spread will take place even after the shaking ends, by exploiting
has been investigated by two soil models: a sloping ground some parts of water films.
and a level ground with a partial embankment. These model 7. Based on the above-mentioned experimental findings, it
tests have yielded the following major findings. is highly probable that the water file effect has a signif-
icant role in lateral spread or slope failure in a liquefied
1. A water film can be easily formed just after the complete loose sand layer in the field. Because water films are
liquefaction of a sand layer beneath a seam of silt as thin easily formed continuously beneath less permeable sub-
as a few millimeters. This indicates a high possibility that layers and no shear resistance is exerted along them, they
water films will actually be formed under low-permea- are surely chosen as part of a sliding surface for lateral
bility sublayers in the field due to complete liquefaction spreading failure. The failure may occur not only during
in loose sand. but also after earthquake shaking, whenever the safety
2. The maximum thickness and duration of a water film factor of the potential sliding surface exploiting water
may be approximated as inversely proportional to the films falls below unity.
sand density, indicating that the effect of a water film
will be more pronounced for looser soils.
3. A water film tends to outlast liquefaction settlement in Among differences between these qualitative model tests
each sublayer and thus may affect soil stability longer and a prototype, the significant difference in magnitude in the
than the apparent time period of liquefaction. effective overburden stress would be most controversial. In
4. If a water film is formed in a sand layer continuously general, however, the volume change characteristics in sheared
along a potential slip surface due to a low-permeability sand, which is the key mechanism controlling lateral spreading
sublayer, upper soil will deform discontinuously along and the generation of water films, tends to be more dilatant in
the water film. On the other hand, a uniform sand layer a scaled model than in a prototype because of the lower stress
without silty sublayers tends to deform quite continu- level in the model. Therefore, lateral spreading that exploits
ously without any distinct slip surface. water films, which has been actually observed in the small
5. If the water film is sustained, it is possible for a soil model under ultralow overburden stress, will be more pro-
mass to be driven only by the force of gravity, even after nounced in the field in the postliquefaction phase of loose sand
the shaking ends, as is sometimes observed in the field. deposits.
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