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Risk-based approach to Factor of Safety selection

Risk-based approach to Factor of Safety selection

Introduction & Summary NZGS is currently preparing a Slope Stability Guidance Series. At the time of writing (September 2024), Unit 3 – titled Slope Stability Analysis – has a completed draft and has been sent to the peer reviewers.  One of the new things to…

Reliability of lateral stretch estimates in 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes

Reliability of lateral stretch estimates in 2010-2011 Canterbury earthquakes

Several methods are available in the literature to estimate the extent of liquefaction induced lateral spreading at a given site, the most commonly used being that of Zhang et al (2004). During the 2010-2011 sequence of earthquakes in Canterbury, lateral spreading occurred extensively across the…