Evaluation of Soil Liquefaction Caused by Earthquakes With Design Program Soilengineering Using Synthetic Data

Abstract Dynamic loads, such as earthquakes, can cause damage to soils, especially from soil liquefaction. Liquefaction analyses provide more reliable results when combined with the properties of soils and earthquakes. In recent years, computer programs have been developed in which many parameters can be used to perform these analyses for solving geotechnical engineering problems. SoilEngineering is a Microsoft Excel-based geotechnical design program with which calculations can be carried out and graphical results can be achieved based on empirical relationships. In this study, the effects of soil and earthquake parameters on soil liquefaction were analyzed using a standard penetration test (SPT) and shear wave velocity (Vs). We observed that there is conformity between the parameters used in different techniques. Taken together, our results show that calculating the liquefaction risk using both soil and earthquake properties will produce reliable results in solving geotechnical problems.