Issue 14

A. Namdar et

alii, Frattura ed

Integrità Strutt

urale, 14 (2010)

75-80; DOI: 10

.3221/IGF-ESIS.

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Ab My ab_

doullah N sore University namdar@ya

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zam Khod a_n@yahoo.

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elko, Asim

a Nusrath

STRACT . Th he largest a ritory, the s earch. The d e been coll eriments ca h high level s applicable viously con

e stability o nd most im oil mechani ata relating ected and, a n be used f of structura for improv structed bui Standard C

f any struct portant po cal properti to the desig ccordingly, or evaluatio l stability. U ing geotech ldings. ode; Mathe

ure is possi rt of Iran, w es of differ n of founda soil mechan n of geotec ltimately, a nical and s

ble if found ith high se ent parts of tion for im ical propert hnical char new metho tructure cod

ation is app ismicity and city have b provement o ies have be acteristics o d for calcula es and also

ropriately d occurring een selecte f structure en evaluated f urban area tion of liqu for reanaly

esigned. Th strong eart d as the sub at different . The resul for develo efaction for sis of struc

e Bandar ab hquakes in ject of curr layer of sub ts of laborat pment a reg ce is sugges ture stability

bas this ent soil ory ion ted. of

A B is t ter res hav exp wit It i pre

matical Co

ncept; Sou

th Iran; S

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TRODUCTIO

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n recent ye Liquefactio Effective f lities, includ ical and rat racters as en n after decad experimental ngth increm e Bandar Ab .1]. This reg estigation co cture founda

ars, a numbe n due to ear oundations, i ing bad soil ional evalua countering an es of hard w or experien ent of soft so bas city is p ion should b me in picture tion in this t

r of investiga thquake is a ncluding div strata substitu tion of liqu earthquake ork. The tw tial [5-8]. Th il may affect laying very i e safe and sta for improvi erritory.

tion on the e big problem erse types of tion and fou efaction pot and for corre o most popu ere is differe the stability mportant fu ble during ea ng construct

xistence of s to be dealt piles and ta ndation trea ential, basic sponding rei lar methods nt methods of soft groun nction in Ira rthquake or ion activities

eismic hazard with in eng nks, or other tment, are w and essentia nforcement, presently em for supporti d treated wit n economic, other natural . Authors ma

for the Iran ineering prac appropriate idely applied l work both is not very m ployed to as ng soft soil, h prefabricat this city pla disaster, for de an attemp

ian region ha tice all over methods to to resist the for assessm ature and sat sess liquefact it is reporte ed vertical dr ced in Horm this purpose t to achievin

s appeared [1 the world [3 improve gro possible fail ent of gro isfied up to n ion potential d that the sh ains [9-16]. ozgan prov geotechnical g best design

-2]. -4]. und ure. und ow are ear ince site of

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GY AND E X

THODOLO

PERIMENT S

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he expe Geotech stability

riments wer nical Engine based on su

e conducted ering site inv bsoil load su

by collectin estigation. In stainability.

g sample m these experi Calculations

ethod directl ments, sever of safe beari

y in the Ba al data were a ng capacity

ndar Abbas nalyzed to im of any specim

city of Iran prove struc ens were m

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