Simulation of Liquefaction-Induced Damage of the Port of Long Beach Using the UBC3D-PLM Model: Final Report [2017]

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• Alternative Title:
  Simulation of liquefaction-induced damage of the Port of Long Beach using the UBC3D-PLM model.
• Creators:
  Arboleda-Monsalve, Luis G. ; Nguyen, Hung M.
• Corporate Creators:
  METRANS Transportation Center (Calif.)
• Corporate Contributors:
  California. Department of Transportation
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Simulation
  • Liquefaction
  • Laboratory tests
  • Stresses
  • Strain (Mechanics)
  • Deformation
  • Residual strength
  • Structural models
  • Soils
  • Liquefaction
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  California
• Edition:
  08/15/2015 to 08/14/2016
• Corporate Publisher:
  METRANS Transportation Center (Calif.)
• Description:
  In the past decades, expansion projects of port in USA, have been completed by placing hydraulic fills. These loose man-made fills and even their subjacent natural estuarine and marine deposits, have shown to be susceptible to liquefaction. The case of study presented in this research, the Port of Long Beach (POLB), Pier S. which is located within a few miles of the Newport-Inglewood and the Palos Verdes faults, offers a unique opportunity to use advanced constitutive soil models to study liquefaction. This research is presented to develop the following specific objectives: i) to calibrate constitutive model parameters to reproduce laboratory tests following different stress paths and shear strain levels; ii) to assess the use of advanced constitutive models like the UBC3D-PLM to predict the behavior of the POLB Pier S when a seismic event induces liquefaction; iii) to provide recommendations regarding the resulting permanent deformations and residual strength of soils which could compromise the resiliency of the port.
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  65A0533
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/31900/dot_31900_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 9.34 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:05a3ac579d748d11abe68e053ece93f39a9c6f718e07364fb93510767927aaf4