Publication Date:
2020-11-30
Description:
This report was prepared by Mr Edoardo Borgomeo during the summer pause of
Imperial College (London, UK) lectures.
Mr Borgomeo have joined the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology) for an internship under the supervision of Dr. Giuseppe Di Capua and Prof Silvia Peppoloni. This internship was an opportunity to gain an understanding on the functioning of a research institute and on the tasks a researcher has to undertake in the creation of a scientific publication. The result of the internship is presented in the following report that investigated the phenomenon of liquefaction under seismic conditions. The most serious direct effect of earthquakes on buildings and structures is ground shaking. However earthquake shocks might pose other hazards in the form of soil liquefaction, which can result in considerable financial losses. Some soils such as quicksands and quickclays can give rise to major problems when disturbed by ground shaking. The ground vibrations produced by an earthquake lead to a decrease in the effective stress and in the shear strength of the soil which in turn trigger the liquefaction.
Description:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Roma, Italia
Description:
Published
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4.1. Metodologie sismologiche per l'ingegneria sismica
Description:
open
Keywords:
soil liquefaction
;
Italian case histories
;
ground shaking
;
liquefaction mapping
;
04. Solid Earth::04.04. Geology::04.04.01. Earthquake geology and paleoseismology
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04. Solid Earth::04.06. Seismology::04.06.05. Historical seismology
Repository Name:
Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
Type:
report
