The role of soil in the collapse of 18 piers of Hanshin Expressway in the Kobe earthquake.

An investigation is presented of the collapse of a 630 m segment (Fukae section) of the elevated Hanshin Expressway during the 1995 Kobe earthquake. The earthquake has, from a geotechnical viewpoint, been associated with extensive liquefactions, lateral soil spreading, and damage to waterfront struc...

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Publié dans:Earthquake engineering & structural dynamics. 35, 5 (2006).
Auteur principal: Mylonakis, George
Format: Article
Langue:English
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