The cyclic stress ratio CSRE for a building site underlain by a sand formation is calculated to be 0.26 for a design magnitude 7.5 seismic event. Dilatometer test results (DMT) obtained as part of a...

The cyclic stress ratio CSRE for a building site underlain by a sand formation is calculated to be 0.26 for a design magnitude 7.5 seismic event. Dilatometer test results (DMT) obtained as part of a subsurface investigation indicate the following data for one of the tested locations:

p₀
= 3.0 bar (300 kPa),

p₁
= 8.76 bar (876 kPa),

p₂
= u₀
= 0.20 bar (20 kPa).

The soil overburden pressure

_v0
at the test depth is 53 kPa (0.53 bar). For the test location, determine if liquefaction would occur during the design seismic event (use Figure 24(c) as reference).