Location
San Diego, California
Presentation Date
28 Mar 2001, 4:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Abstract
On September 21, 1999, a large earthquake of magnitude 7.3 (CWB) occurred in Taiwan resulting in a death toll of over 2,000 people. It was also reported that more than 12,000 buildings and houses were damaged and about the half of those totally collapsed. The present paper concerns with the damage to water supply system and surface rupture during the 1999 Ji-Ji earthquake in Taiwan. An outline of the water supply system and damage to it is presented. The relationships between the damage to water supply pipelines, pipe material, pipe diameter, etc. were investigated. Lifeline system such as electricity, water supply and gas also suffered severe damage. Survey of the surface rupture and damage evaluation of buildings was also conducted.
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
Miyajima, Masakatsu and Hashimoto, Takao, "Damage to Water Supply System and Surface Rupture Due to Fault Movement during the 1999 Ji-Ji Earthquake in Taiwan" (2001). International Conferences on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics. 21.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icrageesd/04icrageesd/session10/21
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Damage to Water Supply System and Surface Rupture Due to Fault Movement during the 1999 Ji-Ji Earthquake in Taiwan
San Diego, California
On September 21, 1999, a large earthquake of magnitude 7.3 (CWB) occurred in Taiwan resulting in a death toll of over 2,000 people. It was also reported that more than 12,000 buildings and houses were damaged and about the half of those totally collapsed. The present paper concerns with the damage to water supply system and surface rupture during the 1999 Ji-Ji earthquake in Taiwan. An outline of the water supply system and damage to it is presented. The relationships between the damage to water supply pipelines, pipe material, pipe diameter, etc. were investigated. Lifeline system such as electricity, water supply and gas also suffered severe damage. Survey of the surface rupture and damage evaluation of buildings was also conducted.
