Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
16 Aug 2008, 8:45am - 12:30pm
Abstract
Since Iran is one of the seismically active regions, and many lessons are embedded in the observations of surface ruptures of Iran earthquakes, the use of case histories as a basis for the development of both insights and engineering judgment is considered. In this paper, the importance of earthquake fault rupture hazards are presented, and illustrative examples are used to demonstrate how the hazards associated with surface fault rupture and lessons achieved from field studies are presented for implementing effective engineering designs to mitigate surface fault rupture hazards.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
6th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2008 Missouri University of Science and Technology, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Jafari, M. K. and Moosavi, S. M., "Lessons to be Learned from Surface Fault Ruptures in Iran Earthquakes" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 15.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session03/15
Lessons to be Learned from Surface Fault Ruptures in Iran Earthquakes
Arlington, Virginia
Since Iran is one of the seismically active regions, and many lessons are embedded in the observations of surface ruptures of Iran earthquakes, the use of case histories as a basis for the development of both insights and engineering judgment is considered. In this paper, the importance of earthquake fault rupture hazards are presented, and illustrative examples are used to demonstrate how the hazards associated with surface fault rupture and lessons achieved from field studies are presented for implementing effective engineering designs to mitigate surface fault rupture hazards.
