37.4.1 - Mechanism of Liquefaction
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What happens to soil during liquefaction?
💡 Hint: Think about how water affects soil stability.
Define pore water pressure.
💡 Hint: Consider it like air in a balloon but with water in the soil.
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What is liquefaction?
💡 Hint: Focus on how soil reacts under stress.
True or False: Excess pore water pressure does not affect soil stability.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens when pore water pressure increases.
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Explain the relationship between the grain size of soil and its susceptibility to liquefaction. Use examples to support your answer.
💡 Hint: Consider what happens during an earthquake to different soil types.
Evaluate the importance of effective stress in understanding liquefaction events. Discuss its implications for structural engineering.
💡 Hint: How would low effective stress affect building safety?
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