Observations from the EERI Bridge Team
The Bridge Team has spent the last two days in the epicentral region. What a contrast to skirting around the edge of strong shaking on Monday! We spent most of Tuesday traveling to the now remote town of Tubul. Remote “now” because a landslide and bridge collapse has cut off the town except for a […]
Observations from the EERI Bridge Team
The Bridge Team made it back to Santiago today after covering over 1200 miles in the last 4 days. We realized that of all of the teams, we have the most ground to cover. Partly because bridges are dispersed around the entire region, and partly because many of our sites to investigate are dead end […]
Chile Earthquake Photos and Captions
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Reconnaissance Observations of Bridges
Day 2: We visited four bridges along the Vespucio Norte tollway north of the airport; two had collapsed and two were in service. Those that collapsed were being demolished very quickly (I guess they will be gone in a day or two). Insufficient seating is the probable main cause. The four bridges were very similar […]
Photos of Building and Bridge Damage
On March 5, 2010, the first Risk Management Solutions (RMS) reconnassiance team landed at the Santiago Airport to begin their investigation into the impacts from the 2010 M8.8 Maule, Chile event. Team #1 is being led by Dr. Mohsen Rahnama, and he is joined by Chesley Williams and Carlos Cabrera. Areas visited include Santiago and […]
Photos of Talcahuano and Concepcion
Figure 1. After the tsunami at Talcahuano 2. Figure 2. Base isolated wharf at Coronel – from below. Figure 3. Base isolated wharf at Coronel. Figure 4. Bridge at Concepcion. Figure 5. Container yard at Coronel port. Figure 6. Glazing damage at Concepcion. […]
Photos of earthquake impacts
Figure 1. Damage to wine tank, Curico. Figure 2. San Francisco church, Curico. Figure 3. Independency square, Concepcion. Figure 4. Collapse of steel silos in Concepcion. Figure 5. Confined masonry construction in Curepto. Figure 6. Heavy structural damage to factory in Parral Figure 7. Collapsed bridge in Tubul. Figure 8. Partial […]
Damaged Bridges
Figure 1. Railroad Bridge – single span collapse. Figure 2. Railroad Bridge, permanent offset in rail alignment. Figure 3. Railroad bridge, unseating of girders. Figure 4. UABC Pedestrian Bridge- Support Beam Damage. Figure 5. Pedestrian Bridge-Support Beam Failure. Figure 6. Bridge over Hwy. 2, settlement of slope paving. […]
Preliminary Report on Bridge Damage
Regarding this third point, Figure 1a‐c shows the Gayhurst Road bridge over the Avon river in Christchurch, in a neighborhood where extensive soil liquefaction took place. River banks had multiple sand boils, the ground surface exhibited many large open cracks due to lateral spreading of the soil, and many residential homes suffered extensive damage due […]
Structural Damage of Tohoku Shinkansen Viaducts by the Off the Pacific Tohoku Earthquake (English Translation)
Read the Report: Structural Damage of Tohoku Shinkansen Viaducts by the Off the Pacific Tohoku Earthquake (0.7 MB PDF)