INFLUENCE OF THE CHELUNGPU FAULT ON A HIGHWAY BRIDGE FOUNDATIONS AND COUNTERMEASURE

The Gi-Gi earthquake on 21 September 1999 caused by the movement of the Chelungpu fault in Taiwan made severe damage to some bridge foundations on a highway that is under construction at Nan-Tou County in central Taiwan. Because the superstructures had not yet been placed, and part of the pile caps and piers had been completed at that time, the dynamic interactions between the piles and the ground are mainly kinematic with few inertia effects. An extensive pile integrity investigation by coring of the piles was conducted to investigate the damage to the piles and to judge whether the piles can still be used. This paper discusses the damage to the piles found in the investigation, the influence of the damage on the performance of the piles, and the countermeasures. (a) For the covering entry of this conference, please see ITRD abstract no. E204151.

• Corporate Authors:

  ROAD ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA (REAAA)

  46B, JALAN BOLA TAMPAR 13/14, SECTION 13
  SHAH ALAM,   Malaysia  40100
• Authors:
  • YEN, T-L
  • Feng, Z
  • Wu, Liji
  • CHUA, H-Y
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 10 p.
• Serial:
  • ROAD ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA (REAAA) CONFERENCE, 10TH, 2000, TOKYO, JAPAN
  • Publisher: ROAD ENGINEERING ASSOCIATION OF ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA (REAAA)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bridges; Conferences; Design; Developing countries; Dynamics; Foundations; Freeways; Loads; Loss and damage; Prevention; Seismicity; Support piles
• Geographic Terms: Taiwan
• ITRD Terms: 3455: Bridge; 8525: Conference; 1614: Damage; 9011: Design (overall design); 150: Developing countries; 5473: Dynamics; 3377: Foundation; 5567: Load; 2752: Motorway; 3399: Pile; 9149: Prevention; 5731: Seismic; 8138: Taiwan, province of
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; Security and Emergencies;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00937265
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ITRD, ATRI
• Created Date: Feb 5 2003 12:00AM