Alternative Title
Experiment of Seismic Failure of a Long Embankment
Location
New York, New York
Date
15 Apr 2004, 1:00pm - 2:45pm
Abstract
Seismic damage to long structures such as river dikes, fill-type dams, and road embankments has been sometimes found to take place at locally limited spot. Local failures of a long embankment during an earthquake are mainly due to heterogeneous ground condition. However there are some cases that local failures were took place even though the ground condition was homogeneous. One of the factors causing local failures under such conditions may be the three dimensional response of the embankment. In this paper, the typical failure of the Kushiro River dike is reported. This paper aims to clarify the influence of three-dimensional response to local failure in embankments. A series of shaking table tests was carried out. The results reveal that local failure can be caused by periodical three dimensional effects during shaking.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
5th Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2004 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
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Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Kano, Seiji; Sasaki, Yasushi; and Hata, Yoshiya, "Expreriment of Seismic Failure of a Long Embankment" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 38.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session02/38
Expreriment of Seismic Failure of a Long Embankment
New York, New York
Seismic damage to long structures such as river dikes, fill-type dams, and road embankments has been sometimes found to take place at locally limited spot. Local failures of a long embankment during an earthquake are mainly due to heterogeneous ground condition. However there are some cases that local failures were took place even though the ground condition was homogeneous. One of the factors causing local failures under such conditions may be the three dimensional response of the embankment. In this paper, the typical failure of the Kushiro River dike is reported. This paper aims to clarify the influence of three-dimensional response to local failure in embankments. A series of shaking table tests was carried out. The results reveal that local failure can be caused by periodical three dimensional effects during shaking.
