Bridge Lessons Learned from the Wenchuan, China, Earthquake
| Author(s): |
W. Phillip Yen
Genda Chen Mark Yashinsky Youssef Hashash Curtis Holub Kehai Wang Xiaodong Guo |
|---|---|
| Medium: | journal article |
| Language(s): | English |
| Published in: | Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, January 2010, n. 1, v. 2202 |
| Page(s): | 102-108 |
| DOI: | 10.3141/2202-13 |
| Abstract: |
A strong earthquake of M7.9 occurred in Wenchuan County in Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2008. This paper presents the field observations on various types of bridge damages, including unseating of girders, longitudinal and transverse offset of decks, pounding at expansion joints, shear key failure, bearing displacement, column shear, and flexible cracks. Plausible causes of damages and collapses are discussed and the lessons learned from this event are briefly summarized. Some of the postearthquake temporary constructions are also reported. |
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