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Figure 4.2: Charts Relating (a) Normalized Standard Penetration Resistance (N 1 ) 60 ; and<br />

(b) Residual Shear Strength S r to Vertical Effective Overburden Pressure σ′ vo , for Saturated Nongravelly<br />

Silt-Sand Deposits that have Experienced Large Deformations (Baziar and Dobry 1995)<br />

Similar to Baziar and Dobry, Stark and Mesri (1992) related the normalized clean sand<br />

blowcount value, (N 1 ) 60 CS , to the residual undrained critical strength ratio for magnitude<br />

7.5 earthquakes. As illustrated in Figure 4.3, the post-liquefaction strength of the soil is<br />

provided for two conditions: the yield strength and the critical strength. The steeper curve<br />

represents the yield, or mobilized undrained shear strength. The flatter curve represents<br />

the critical undrained shear strength curve. Stark and Mesri recommend that the yield<br />

curve be used only for cases where the post-cyclic shearing is drained. If the drainage<br />

conditions cannot be verified, the critical undrained shear strength curve should be used.<br />

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