en Seismic Geotechnique Seismic Geotechnique Research Paper Research Paper <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">Due to its critical impact and significant destructive nature during and after seismic events, soil liquefaction and liquefactioninduced</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">lateral ground spreading have been increasingly important topics in the geotechnical earthquake engineering field</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">during the past four decades. The aim of this research is to develop an empirical model for the assessment of liquefaction-induced</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">lateral ground spreading. This study includes three main stages: compilation of liquefaction-induced lateral ground spreading</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">data from available earthquake case histories (the total number of 525 data points), detecting importance level of seismological,</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">topographical and geotechnical parameters for the resulted deformations, and proposing an empirical relation to predict</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">horizontal ground displacement in both ground slope and free face conditions. The statistical parameters and parametric study</font></font></font></i></p> <p align="left"><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">presented for this model indicate the superiority of the current relation over the already introduced relations and its applicability</font></font></font></i></p> <p><i><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2"><font color="#231f20" face="TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT" size="2">for engineers.</font></font></font></i></p> Lateral spreading, Artificial neural network and genetic programming 100 111 http://ijce.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-5-24&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M. H. Baziar baziar@iust.ac.ir 180031947532846009932 180031947532846009932 Yes 1Professor, Center of Excellence for Fundamental Studies in Structural Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran A. Saeedi Azizkandi asaeedia@yahoo.com 180031947532846009933 180031947532846009933 No PhD. Candidate, School of Civil Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran