A hypothesis for mitigation of risk of liquefaction

Liquefaction of sandy soils during earthquakes is a cause for concern as it may lead to disastrous consequences, such as significant structural damage and loss of life. Considerable advances have been made in recent years in the area of numerical analysis of soil liquefaction. The mathematical formulation governing the behaviour of saturated porous media was first established by Biot 1941, 1956. Subsequent contributions focused on the development of various integration schemes for the set of governing differential equations (Zienkiewicz et al., 1980, 1990. The numerical simulations conducted by many researchers have undoubtedly provided a...