Causes of showa bridge collapse in the 1964 niigata earthquake based on eyewitness testimony

Soils and Foundations

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1075-1087

  Yoshida, Nozomu ^a   Tazoh, Takashi ^b   Wakamatsu, Kazue ^c   Yasuda, Susumu ^d   Towhata, Ikuo ^e   Nakazawa, Hiroshi ^f   Kiku, Hiroyoshi ^g  

^a TOHOKU GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHIMIZU CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO DENKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f PORT AND AIRPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^g KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

(liquefaction induced flow) (IGC: E8); Bridge; Earthquake; Foundation; Liquefaction

Indexed keywords

BRIDGES; EARTHQUAKES; FOUNDATIONS; GEOPHYSICS; PILES;

EARTHQUAKE RECORDS; EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY; INDUCED FLOWS; INERTIA FORCE; SHOWA BRIDGE;

LIQUEFACTION;

EID: 47949084807     PISSN: 00380806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3208/sandf.47.1075     Document Type: Article

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