Agenda
U.S.—New Zealand—Japan International Workshop
Liquefaction-Induced Ground Movements Effects
November 2-4, 2016,
Faculty Club, UC Berkeley, California
2016 Liquefaction Workshop Attendees
Wednesday, November 2, 2016
| 6:00 pm | Welcome Reception (Seaborg Room & Patio) |
| 7:00 pm | Dinner (Seaborg Room) |
Thursday, November 3, 2016
| 8:00 am | Breakfast (Heyns Room & Patio) |
| 9:00 am | Welcome: Introduction & Workshop Objectives – J. Bray (Heyns Room) |
| 9:15 am | Session I: Liquefaction-induced flow slides that are governed by the residual shear strength of liquefied soil; Chair: S. Kramer, Recorder: R. Boulanger (Heyns Room) Invited presentations (15-minute talks): S. Kramer “Residual Strength of Liquefied Soil” (PDF) R. Orense “Post-Liquefaction Behaviour of Sands” (PDF) Y. Tsukamoto “Ageing of Soils Affecting Liquefaction Triggering and Undrained Shear Strength of Soils” (PDF) R. Boulanger “Liquefaction-Induced Flow Slides Governed by Residual Shear Strength of Liquefied Soil (PDF) |
| 10:15 am | Additional presentation (5-minute talks): “Liquefied Shear Strength & Flow Slides – Challenges and Paths Forward” (PDF) Presenters: S. Olson, G. Chiaro, A. Athanasopoulos-Zekkos, A. Takahashi, B. Kutter, L. Harder |
| 10:45 am | Break |
| 11:15 am | Discussions of identified key challenges/issues |
| 12:45 pm | Lunch (Heyns Room & Patio) |
| 2:00 pm | Session II: Liquefaction-induced lateral spreading and its effects on structuresand lifelines; Chair: E. Rathje, Recorder: M. Cubrinovski (Heyns Room) Invited presentations (15-minute talks): E. Rathje “Lateral Spreading Displacements Challenges: Data and Predictive Models” (PDF) T. Kokusho “Howto Unify Evaluationson Liquefaction‐Induced Flow/Lateral SpreadingUnderInitialShearStress” (PDF) M. Cubrinovski “Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading” (PDF) T. O’Rourke “Liquefaction-Induced Lateral Spreading & Its Effects on Structures and Lifelines”(PDF) |
| 3:00 pm | Additional presentation (5-minute talks): “Improvements in Field Seismic and Laboratory Measurements Used to Identify and Characterize Liquefiable Soils and Predict Consequences”(PDF) Presenters: K. Stokoe, M. Okamura, K. Franke, L. Wotherspoon, T. Travasarou, & N. Sitar |
| 3:30 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm | Discussions of identified key challenges/issues |
| 5:30 pm | Summarize first day activities |
| 5:45 pm | Break |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner (Seaborg Room) |
Friday, November 4, 2016
| 8:00 am | Breakfast (Heyns Room & Patio) |
| 9:00 am | Session III: Liquefaction-induced ground settlement and its effects on structures and lifelines; Chair: R. Green, Recorder: J. Bray (Heyns Room) Invited presentations (15-minute talks): R. Green “Use of Volumetric Strain in Liquefaction Damage Index Framework” (PDF) S. van Ballegooy “Prediction of Liquefaction-Induced Differential Ground Surface Settlement” (PDF) K. Tokimatsu “Liquefaction-Induced Settlements of Buildings with Shallow Foundations” (PDF) J. Bray “Challenge III Liquefaction-Induced Building Settlement” (PDF) |
| 10:00 am | Additional presentation (5-minute talks): “Improve Data Quality and Quantity: Include Geologic/Geomorphologic Information and Develop “Complete” Datasets” (PDF) Presenters: L. Gaskins-Baise , M. Jacka, S. Dashti, S. Tamura, B. Cox, & K. Rollins |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Discussions of identified key challenges/issues |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch (Heyns Room & Patio) |
| 1:45 pm | Session IV: Paths forward toward assessing the effects of liquefaction on structures and lifelines; Chair: T. O’Rourke, Recorder: K. Tokimatsu (Heyns Room)Invited presentations (15-minute talks): P. Robertson “Assessing effects of Liquefaction” (PDF) S. Iai “Paths Forward for Assessing the Effects of Liquefaction” (PDF) B. Bradley “Increased Physics, Model Validation, and Explicit Uncertainties” (PDF) I.M. Idriss “A Few Observations / Comments & Recommendations” (PDF) |
| 2:45 pm | Additional presentation (5-minute talks): “Optimizing Site Characterization to Evaluate and Incorporate Spatial Geologic Structure in 2-D/3-D Analysis” (PDF) Presenters: J. DeJong , K. Ziotopoulou, T. Kiyota, J. Haskell, D. Y. Kwak, & D. Frost |
| 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:45 pm | Discussions of identified key challenges/issues |
| 5:15 pm | Summarize last day activities |
| 5:30 pm | Adjourn |
Saturday, November 5, 2016
| 9:00 am | Workshop Report Preparation: Organizers & Selected Participants (542 Davis Hall) |