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Laterites or also known as lateritic soilsare highly weathered soils, which contain large proportions of minerals and are found abundantly in tropics and sub-tropics regions. Although these soils are generally characterized as plastic to very plastic silts they do liquefy under specific conditions.The purpose of this research is to develop a new empirical method to evaluate the liquefaction potential of lateritic soils. First, the study consists ofcharacterizingthese soils originating from different parts of the world by identifying their physical and mechanical properties. The classification of lateritic soils into (several or different)groups and the definition of their major types are carried out by means of a statistical method. Afterwards, the properties of the nickel ores, chosen as a particular type of lateritic soils in this work, are presented. Second, thenickel ores liquefaction potential is evaluated using existing empirical approaches.Finally, it is intended to introduce a new method for lateritic soils based on cyclic triaxial shear tests results.

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This page is a summary of: Evaluation of Liquefaction Potential of New Caledonian Nickel Ores, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-61902-6_13.
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