Research Article

Safety Assessment of Nuclear Power Plants for Liquefaction Consequences

Table 3

Liquefaction potential evaluation methods compared in the analysis.

MethodIntensity measureEmpirical basis

Youd and Idriss (2001) [17]SPT
Robertson and Wride (1998) [26]CPT
Andrus and Stokoe (2000) [28]
Cetin et al. (2004) [15]Peak ground acceleration and magnitudeSPT
Moss et al. (2006) [27]CPT
Kayen et al. (2013) [29]
Idriss and Boulanger (2008, 2012, 2014) [20, 30, 31]SPT, CPT
Juang et al. (2006) [32]CPT

Kayen and Mitchell (1997) [33]Arias intensitySPT
Kramer and Mitchell (2006) [34]CAV05SPT