A Study on Prediction of Settlement for Spread Foundation Building by Liquefaction

Abstract

When using a potentially liquefaction foundation, the evaluation of settlement is necessary because the bearing capacity of the ground is lost. In this report, we tried to evaluate the actual settlement due to liquefaction by effective stress analysis for spread foundation buildings in Rokko Island at the 1995 Southern Hyogo Prefecture Earthquake. As a result, if we could properly evaluate earthquake response on liquefied ground, it found that the settlement of spread foundation is predicted by numerical simulation.