Resonance

Resonance

The largest vibration of a mechanical system (such a soil layer) due to the enhancement of the energy at a a frequency special to that system. Liquefaction can be the result of an earthquake vibrating the surrounding material at its resonating frequency causing the soil to act as a fluid.

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