Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
29 Mar 2001, 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Abstract
Several damages have been imposed to bridges due to liquefaction of the soil layer in the position of their foundations. However, there is not a specific world - wide provisions for design of bridges in these conditions. In this paper the results of evaluating liquefaction potential and the consequence damages which is likely to happen for a large span bridge (Shirin-Shahr Bridge) to be constructed on the Karoon river (one of the main river in the south-western part of Iran) are presented. Since the liquefaction potential of a site depends not only on the geotechnical characteristics, but on the intensity of the ground motions as well, a comprehensive seismic hazard analysis was carried out to estimate the appropriate PGA in the area. At the end some geotechnical comments are suggested for the aseismic design of the bridge foundation accordingly.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
4th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 2001 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
Hosseini, S. M. Mir Mohammad, "The Prediction of Liquefaction Damages to a Large Span Bridge on Karoon River, Iran" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 5.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session04/5
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The Prediction of Liquefaction Damages to a Large Span Bridge on Karoon River, Iran
San Diego, California
Several damages have been imposed to bridges due to liquefaction of the soil layer in the position of their foundations. However, there is not a specific world - wide provisions for design of bridges in these conditions. In this paper the results of evaluating liquefaction potential and the consequence damages which is likely to happen for a large span bridge (Shirin-Shahr Bridge) to be constructed on the Karoon river (one of the main river in the south-western part of Iran) are presented. Since the liquefaction potential of a site depends not only on the geotechnical characteristics, but on the intensity of the ground motions as well, a comprehensive seismic hazard analysis was carried out to estimate the appropriate PGA in the area. At the end some geotechnical comments are suggested for the aseismic design of the bridge foundation accordingly.
