Impact of Ground Densification on the Response of Urban Liquefiable Sites and Structures

Ground densification is a common countermeasure against soil liquefaction. The state-of-practice for designing ground densification is typically based on empirical estimates of liquefaction triggering and ground settlement in the free field, ignoring seismic soil-structure interaction (SSI) near building structures. The existing guidelines for the geometry of ground densification also do not take into account constraints introduced by the...