Location
Arlington, Virginia
Date
13 Aug 2008, 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Abstract
Although the Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake was triggered by reactivation of the North Anatolian strike-slip Fault, normal faulting also occurred within the pull-apart basin of Gölcük. Its effect on overlying structures is summarized in this paper. The normal rupture caused maximum vertical displacements of up to 2.5m. Several structures were crossed by the rupture. As expected, many of them either collapsed or were severely damaged. Surprisingly, several structures survived the dislocation with no damage, while in some cases the rupture deviated, “avoiding” the structures. The foundations of the involved structures comprised a variety of types, ranging from simple separate footings to box foundation and to piled foundation. The paper provides a comprehensive description of the observed fault-foundation interaction patterns, accompanied by the results of soil exploration and geological trenching. Each structure is analyzed through the use of finite element modelling to reveal the main aspects of Fault Rupture––Soil–Foundation–Structure Interaction (FR–SFSI).
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
Gazetas, G. and Anastasopoulos, I., "Case Histories of Foundations on Top of a Rupturing Normal Fault During the Kocaeli 1999 Earthquake" (2008). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 1.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/6icchge/session13/1
Case Histories of Foundations on Top of a Rupturing Normal Fault During the Kocaeli 1999 Earthquake
Arlington, Virginia
Although the Kocaeli (Turkey) earthquake was triggered by reactivation of the North Anatolian strike-slip Fault, normal faulting also occurred within the pull-apart basin of Gölcük. Its effect on overlying structures is summarized in this paper. The normal rupture caused maximum vertical displacements of up to 2.5m. Several structures were crossed by the rupture. As expected, many of them either collapsed or were severely damaged. Surprisingly, several structures survived the dislocation with no damage, while in some cases the rupture deviated, “avoiding” the structures. The foundations of the involved structures comprised a variety of types, ranging from simple separate footings to box foundation and to piled foundation. The paper provides a comprehensive description of the observed fault-foundation interaction patterns, accompanied by the results of soil exploration and geological trenching. Each structure is analyzed through the use of finite element modelling to reveal the main aspects of Fault Rupture––Soil–Foundation–Structure Interaction (FR–SFSI).
