Post-earthquake observations of bridge damage
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Bibliographic Details
| Author(s): |
Eva Lantsoght
(Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Netherlands)
Mustafa Mahamid (Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Haifa, Israel University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA) Telmo Andres Sanchez (ADSTREN, Quito, Ecuador) Matias Valenzuela (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile) |
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| Medium: | conference paper | ||||
| Language(s): | English | ||||
| Conference: | IABSE Congress: Beyond Structural Engineering in a Changing World, San José, Cost Rica, 25-27 Seotember 2024 | ||||
| Published in: | IABSE Congress San José 2024 | ||||
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| Page(s): | 1110-1118 | ||||
| Total no. of pages: | 9 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.2749/sanjose.2024.1110 | ||||
| Abstract: |
In various parts of the world, seismic events happen regularly. While engineers have gained an understanding on the behaviour of bridges under seismic loading, this knowledge is still under development as more methods and devices for building seismically-resistant bridges become available. This paper reports on the observed damages from recent events, with a focus on recent earthquakes in Ecuador, Chile, and Turkey. To report the damage that has occurred, this paper presents descriptions of a number of cases of observed damage to bridges after earthquakes. The various types and locations of damage are then analyzed to develop broad categories of problems that can be identified from these cases. This insight then leads to a summary of lessons learned from the presented case studies. The information provided in this work can be used for the assessment of existing bridges and the improvement of the design of new bridges. |
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| Keywords: |
seismic loading analysis case studies seismic event recommendations for practice
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