TABLE OF CONTENTS The following notation is used in this chapter:
| SYMBOL | DEFINITION | |
| a | Acceleration | |
| a max | Maximum horizontal acceleration at ground surface (also known as peak ground acceleration) | |
| C b | Borehole diameter correction | |
| C N , C v | Correction factor to account for overburden pressure | |
| C r | Rod length correction | |
| CRR | Cyclic resistance ratio | |
| CSR, SSR | Cyclic stress ratio, also known as the seismic stress ratio | |
| D r | Relative density | |
| e i | Initial void ratio | |
| E m | Hammer efficiency | |
| F | Horizontal earthquake force | |
| FS | Factor of safety against liquefaction | |
| g | Acceleration of gravity | |
| k 0 | Coefficient of lateral earth pressure at rest | |
| LL | Liquid limit | |
| m | Mass of the soil column | |
| M L | Local magnitude of earthquake | |
| M s | Surface wave magnitude of earthquake | |
| M w | Moment magnitude of earthquake | |
| N 60 | N value corrected for field testing procedures | |
| ( N 1) 60 | N value corrected for field testing procedures and overburden pressure | |
| q c 1 | Cone resistance corrected for overburden pressure | |
| r d | Depth reduction factor | |
| u e | Excess pore water pressure | |
| V s | Shear wave velocity measured in field | |
| V s 1 | Shear wave velocity corrected for overburden pressure | |
| w | Water content | |
| W | Weight of soil column | |
| z | Depth below ground surface | |
| ? t | Total unit weight of soil | |
| ? dc | Cyclic deviator stress (cyclic triaxial test) |
