liquefaction hazard assessment

/ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən ˈhæzərd əˈsɛsmənt/

noun phrase

  1. A technical evaluation of how likely soil or sediment in a specific area is to lose strength and behave like a liquid, especially during an earthquake, and of the possible resulting damage.

    C1

    countabletechnical, formal

    • "The engineers completed a liquefaction hazard assessment before designing the bridge."B2
    • "The liquefaction hazard assessment identified several areas where earthquake shaking could cause the ground to fail."C1
    • "Engineers use liquefaction hazard assessments to design safer buildings in earthquake-prone regions."C1

Collocations

conduct a liquefaction hazard assessmentcomplete a liquefaction hazard assessmentliquefaction hazard assessment reportseismic liquefaction hazard assessmentsoil liquefactionseismic activityearthquake-prone region

Word family

liquefyliquefactionhazardassessassessmentseismicconstruction