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APPENDICES

APPENDIX A: Example of SPT-based liquefaction

triggering analysis for a single boring

APPENDIX B: Example of CPT-based liquefaction

triggering analysis for a single sounding

APPENDIX C: Example of SPT-based calculation of

lateral displacement index (LDI) and 1-D reconsolidation
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CE =G15/60 CB =IF(D$9<115.1,1,IF(D$9<150.1,1.05,1.15))
CR =IF((B15+1.5)<3,0.75, IF((B15+1.5)<4, CS =IF($F$10=“NO”,1,IF(P15<10,1.1,IF(P15>30,1.3,1+P15/100)))
0.8,IF((B15+1.5)<6,0.85,IF((B15+1.5)<10,0.95,1))))
N60 =C15∗ H15∗ I15∗ J15∗ K15 σvc =IF(B15<$D$6,B15∗ $E$7,$D$6∗ $E$7+(B15-$D$6)∗ E$8)

σvc =M15-MAX(B15-$D$6,0)∗ 9.81 CN =MIN(1.7,(101/N15)∧ (0.784-0.0768∗ SQRT(MIN(R15,46))))
(N1 )60 =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,L15∗ O15) N =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,EXP(1.63+9.7/(F15+0.01)-
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(N1 )60−cs =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,P15+Q15) rd =EXP(-1.012-1.126∗ SIN(B15/11.73+5.133)
+D$5∗ (0.106+0.118∗ SIN(B15/11.28+5.142)))
CSR =0.65∗ D$4∗ (M15/N15)∗ S15 MSF =MIN(1.8,6.9∗ EXP(-D$5/4)-0.058)
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Kσ =MIN(1.1,1-(1/(18.9-2.55∗ SQRT(MIN(R15,37)))∗ CRRM7.5,σ vc =1 =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,IF(R15<37.5,EXP(R15/14.1+(R15/126)∧ 2-

LN(N15/101))) (R15/23.6)∧ 3+(R15/25.4)∧ 4-2.8),2))
CRR =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,IF(E15=“Unsaturated”,“n.a.”, FS =IF(E15=“Clay”,“n.a.”,IF(E15=“Unsaturated”,“n.a.”,
IF(E15=“Unreliable”,“?”, MIN(2,W15∗ V15∗ U15)))) IF(E15=“Unreliable”,“?”, IF(X15/T15>2,2, X15/T15))))
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Equations in the select cells of row 12:

Q =(B12∗ 101-D12)/E12
F =100*C12/(B12-D12/101)
Ic =((3.47-LOG10(F12))∧ 2+(LOG10(G12)+1.22)∧ 2)∧ 0.5
Interpreted qcN =MAX(B12,L12)∗ MAX(1,M12)
CN =MIN(1.7,(101/E12)∧ (1.338-0.249∗ MAX(21,MIN(Q12,254))∧ 0.264))
qc1N =IF(J12=“Clay”,“n.a.”,N12∗ O12)
qc1N−cs =IF(J12=“Clay”,“n.a.”,P12+(5.4+P12/16)∗ EXP(1.63+9.7/(K12+0.01)-(15.7/(K12+0.01))∧ 2))
Kσ =MIN(1.1,1-(1/(37.3-8.27∗ (MIN(Q12,211))∧ 0.264))∗ LN(E12/101))
CRR for M=7.5 =IF(J12=“Clay”,“n.a.”,IF(Q12<211,EXP(Q12/540+(Q12/67)∧ 2-

and σvc = 1 atm (Q12/80)∧ 3+(Q12/114)∧ 4-3),2))
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This spreadsheet expands on the example in Appendix A. Equations in the cells of rows 15 and
31 are given below.
γ lim =IF(R15=“n.a.”,0,MAX(0,MIN(0.5,1.859∗ (1.1-SQRT(R15/46))∧ 3)))
Param. Fα =IF(R15=“n.a.”,0,0.032+0.69∗ SQRT(MAX(7,R15))-0.13∗ MAX(7,R15))
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γmax =IF(Y15=“n.a.”,0,IF(Y15>2,0,IF(Y15<AA15,Z15,MIN(Z15,0.035∗ (1-AA15)∗ (2-Y15)/(Y15-AA15)))))

LDIi =AB15∗ AC15

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εv =IF(R15=“n.a.”,0,1.5∗ EXP(-0.369∗ SQRT(R15))∗ MIN(0.08,AB15))
Si =AE15∗ AC15
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LDI =SUM(AD15:AD29)
S =SUM(AF15:AF29)
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