Location
New York, New York
Date
17 Apr 2004, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Abstract
In the morning of January 26, 2001, a devastating earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.7 rocked the Gujarat State of India. The disastrous earthquake claimed thousands of human lives besides widespread destruction of the properties including damages to water resources projects of Kachchh region. This worst ever natural calamity of recent time posed challenging and daunting task of restoration and reconstruction works. A committee of experts was constituted by Government of Gujarat with a view to assess the damages occurred to the dams & other appurtenant structures and to recommend restoration and reconstruction works. Consequent to the event, dams of Kachchh region situated within radius of 200 km from the epicenter were inspected as per the guidelines of International Commission On Large Dams (ICOLD). Integrated geotechnical investigation program comprising soil exploration and laboratory testing was chalked out to determine the properties of foundation & embankment soils. The paper describes the seismic data on Bhuj Earthquake, geology of Kachchh region, geotechnical investigation including assessment of liquefaction potential and their considerations in the restoration measures of two earth dams.
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
Brahmabhatt, V. S.; Yagnik, V. M.; Dave, M. N.; and Santwaani, P. A., "Case Histories of Soil Behaviour and Investigations for Seismically Distressed Earthen Dams of Kachchh Region in Gujarat, India" (2004). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 39.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/5icchge/session03/39
Case Histories of Soil Behaviour and Investigations for Seismically Distressed Earthen Dams of Kachchh Region in Gujarat, India
New York, New York
In the morning of January 26, 2001, a devastating earthquake of magnitude Mw 7.7 rocked the Gujarat State of India. The disastrous earthquake claimed thousands of human lives besides widespread destruction of the properties including damages to water resources projects of Kachchh region. This worst ever natural calamity of recent time posed challenging and daunting task of restoration and reconstruction works. A committee of experts was constituted by Government of Gujarat with a view to assess the damages occurred to the dams & other appurtenant structures and to recommend restoration and reconstruction works. Consequent to the event, dams of Kachchh region situated within radius of 200 km from the epicenter were inspected as per the guidelines of International Commission On Large Dams (ICOLD). Integrated geotechnical investigation program comprising soil exploration and laboratory testing was chalked out to determine the properties of foundation & embankment soils. The paper describes the seismic data on Bhuj Earthquake, geology of Kachchh region, geotechnical investigation including assessment of liquefaction potential and their considerations in the restoration measures of two earth dams.
