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The Robertson-Wride (RW) model is widely used for liquefaction potential assessment. This paper studies the model uncertainty of the Robertson-Wride (RW) model for liquefaction potential assessment. It is found that the accuracy of the RW model may vary from one region to another. The RW model is more accurate in predicting case histories before 2010 than in predicting case histories after 2010. There is a substantial amount of uncertainty in how to interpret past case histories, and such uncertainty has important effects on model uncertainty characterization.
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This research was substantially supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (41672276,51538009), National 973 Basic Research Program of China (2014CB049100), and the Shanghai Rising-star Program (15QA1403800).
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Ge, Y., Zhang, J. (2018). Observations on Model Uncertainty of Robertson-Wride Model for Liquefaction Potential Evaluation. In: Qiu, T., Tiwari, B., Zhang, Z. (eds) Proceedings of GeoShanghai 2018 International Conference: Advances in Soil Dynamics and Foundation Engineering. GSIC 2018. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-0131-5_15
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