soil liquefaction analysis

/sɔɪl ˌlɪkwɪˈfækʃən əˈnæləsɪs/

noun phrase

  1. The study and evaluation of whether and how soil may lose strength and stiffness in response to earthquake shaking or another sudden change in stress, causing it to behave like a liquid.

    C1

    uncountabletechnical

    • "The engineers carried out soil liquefaction analysis before designing the new bridge."B2
    • "The report included soil liquefaction analysis based on field tests and earthquake models."C1
    • "The soil liquefaction analysis indicated a high risk of ground failure during an earthquake."C1

Collocations

conduct soil liquefaction analysissoil liquefaction riskliquefaction potentialliquefaction hazard assessmentseismic soil analysis

Word family

soilliquefactionliquefyanalysisanalyze