Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Presentation Date
14 Mar 1991, 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Abstract
In the United States and in many other regions of the world, structures such as earth dams are built in areas very close to strike-slip faults. For the safe design of these and other types of structures, geotechnical engineers need a reliable estimate of the ground deformations that fault movement will induce at the site of the proposed structures. In this study, the vertical ground deformations induced by the movement of one strike-slip fault segment is estimated with the use of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) theory. The ground deformations estimated using this theory and the deformations experienced by the ground surrounding one strike-slip fault segment in Japan compared well. The effect of the ground displacements on structures near strike slip fault segments is also examined.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1991 University of Missouri--Rolla, 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
Vallejo, Luis E. and Shettima, Mahiru, "Fault Induced Ground Deformations and Their Effect on Structures" (1991). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 7.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/02icrageesd/session09/7
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Fault Induced Ground Deformations and Their Effect on Structures
St. Louis, Missouri
In the United States and in many other regions of the world, structures such as earth dams are built in areas very close to strike-slip faults. For the safe design of these and other types of structures, geotechnical engineers need a reliable estimate of the ground deformations that fault movement will induce at the site of the proposed structures. In this study, the vertical ground deformations induced by the movement of one strike-slip fault segment is estimated with the use of Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM) theory. The ground deformations estimated using this theory and the deformations experienced by the ground surrounding one strike-slip fault segment in Japan compared well. The effect of the ground displacements on structures near strike slip fault segments is also examined.
