A constrained neural network model for soil liquefaction assessment with global applicability

Abstract

A constrained back propagation neural network (C-BPNN) model for standard penetration test based soil liquefaction assessment with global applicability is developed, incorporating existing knowledge for liquefaction triggering mechanism and empirical relationships. For its development and validation, a comprehensive liquefaction data set is compiled, covering more than 600 liquefaction sites from 36 earthquakes in 10 countries over 50 years with 13 complete information entries. The C-BPNN model design procedure for liquefaction assessment is established by considering appropriate constraints, input data selection, and computation and calibration procedures. Existing empirical relationships for overburden correction and fines content adjustment are shown to be able to improve the prediction success rate of the neural network model, and are thus adopted as constraints for the C-BPNN model. The effectiveness of the C-BPNN method is validated using the liquefaction data set and compared with that of several liquefaction assessment methods currently adopted in engineering practice. The C-BPNN liquefaction model is shown to have improved prediction accuracy and high global adaptability.

Keywords

soil liquefaction assessment / case history dataset / constrained neural network model / existing knowledge

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51678346 and 51879141) and Tsinghua University Initiative Scientific Research Program (2019Z08-QCX01) for funding this work.

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