抄録
Ground liquefaction has been paid a great deal of attention to since the Niigata Earthquake in 1964. The event accelerated the research on ground liquefaction, and the outcomes of the researches have been incorporated in earthquake-proof design manuals and the codes for engineering structures. However, the phenomena are not yet well understood, and severe damage have been reported by soil liquefaction in recent earthquakes. In this paper, liquefaction phenomenon is explained in a simple manner to help in the understanding together with the latest analytical methods.
