Tuesday, August 8, 2023
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Time
- What is Static Liquefaction
- Videos of two recent failures
- Characteristics of static liquefaction failures
- Kinetics and stress-strain behavior for static liquefaction
- Original laboratory demonstration of static liquefaction
- Steady-state of deformation – a stress-strain framework
- Constant deviator stress laboratory tests
- Concept of the instability line
- 2. Q&A Session 1
- 3. Static Liquefaction Case Studies
- 1907 – North dike of Wachusett Dam
- 1918 – Calaveras Dam, California
- 1938 – Fort Peck Dam, Montana
- 2019 – Feijao Tailings Dam, Brazil
- 2020 – Edenville Dam, Michigan
- 4. Evaluating the Potential for Static Liquefaction
- 5. What Does This Mean for Water Dam Practice?
- 6. Q&A Session 2
