Case studies of earthquake-induced effects on concrete channels

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摘要 Casestudiesarepresentedfortwoconcretelinedchannelsshakenbystronggroundmotionsduringthe1994Northridgeearthquake,thehighspeedchannel(HSC)andbypasschannel(BC),ontheLosAngelesDepartmentofWaterandPower'sVanNormanComplex.Performancesofthesetwochannelsastheypassthroughdifferentsubsurfacematerialsidentifyseveralimportantseismicaspectsandthecriticalroleofgeotechnicalearthquakeengineeringinassessingchannelbehaviors.Preliminaryevaluationsusingdetailedmappingofchannelcracks,permanentgroundmovements,subsurfaceprofiles,andnearbystronggroundmotionrecordingsfromthe1994earthquakeshowthatthechannellinersmayhavebeendamagedfrombothtransientmotionsandpermanentgroundmovements.Damagefrompermanentgrounddeformationsisobviousbyobservation;thereforesimplifiedanalysesarepresentedonlyfortransientmovements.SitespecifictransientresponseanalysesareperformedtoprovideaninitialassessmentofthedifferingeffectsfromtransientandpermanentgroundmovementsonHSCandBClinerdamage.Thesecasestudiesarehelpfulforintroducingthepotentialforlifelinedamagefromtransientmovementswithinzonesofpermanentgroundmovement,aconceptnotwellunderstoodintheearthquakeengineeringcommunity.
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出处 《地震学报:英文版》 2010年1期
出版日期 2010年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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