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Ground response analysis and liquefaction for Kalyani region, Kolkata

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The main focus of this research is the ground response analysis and liquefaction potential analysis of AIIMS Kolkata based on SPT-N values at six different locations. The analyses are performed for the earthquake magnitude Mw = 7.0 and peak ground acceleration of 0.170 g. For this, Equivalent-linear Earthquake Response Analysis (EERA), Nonlinear Earthquake Response Analysis (NERA), and PLAXIS-2D software are utilized. In ground response analysis, various parameters such as shear stress, peak ground acceleration, relative displacement, and amplification ratio are evaluated. In liquefaction potential analysis, the factor of safety against liquefaction is calculated from different methods, such as the simplified method, EERA, and NERA, and their results have been compared. Further liquefaction potential index is also evaluated for the same earthquake magnitude and PGA using the factor of safety value evaluated from liquefaction potential analysis and ground response analysis for all the borehole locations. It is observed from the results that the equivalent linear analysis gives conservative results when compared with those obtained from the nonlinear analysis. Moreover, the simplified method too fails to predict the liquefaction susceptibility of certain regions that are found to be prone to liquefaction from the EERA and NERA analyses.

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The fellowship to the first author from the Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur, is gratefully acknowledged. The authors of this article gratefully acknowledge the anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments which have helped the authors to improve the manuscript substantially.

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All authors contributed to the study’s conception and design. Data analysis and interpretation were performed by SK, PM, and NMS. The first draft of the manuscript was written by SK, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kumar, S., Muley, P. & Madani, S.N. Ground response analysis and liquefaction for Kalyani region, Kolkata. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 99127–99146 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-022-23680-8

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