Effects of Ground Failure on Bridges, Roads, and Railroads
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2012
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EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING RESEARCH INST
Abstract
The long duration and strong velocity content of the motions produced by the 27 February 2010 Maule earthquake resulted in widespread liquefaction and lateral spreading in several urban and other regions of Chile. In particular, critical lifeline structures such as bridges, roadway embankments, and railroads were damaged by ground shaking and ground failure. This paper describes the effects that ground failure had on a number of bridges, roadway embankments, and railroads during this major earthquake. [DOI: 10.1193/1.4000024]