Slip in the 2010–2011 canterbury earthquakes, New Zealand

JR Elliott, EK Nissen, PC England… - Journal of …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The 3rd September 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield and 21st February 2011 Mw 6.3 Christchurch
(New Zealand) earthquakes occurred on previously unknown faults. We use InSAR ground …

Spreading-induced damage to short-span bridges in Christchurch, New Zealand

M Cubrinovski, A Winkley, J Haskell… - Earthquake …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper discusses the performance of road bridges during the 2010–2011 Canterbury
earthquakes and focuses on the response of bridges in liquefying soils undergoing lateral …

Lateral spreading-induced abutment rotation in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake: Observations and analysis

JJM Haskell, SPG Madabhushi, M Cubrinovski… - …, 2013 - icevirtuallibrary.com
A series of strong earthquakes near Christchurch, New Zealand, occurred between
September 2010 and December 2011, causing widespread liquefaction throughout the city's …

Performance of bridges during the 2010 Darfield and 2011 Christchurch earthquakes

L Wotherspoon, A Bradshaw… - Seismological …, 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The region in and around Christchurch, encompassing Christchurch city and the Selwyn and
Waimakariri districts, contains more than 800 road, rail, and pedestrian bridges. Most of …

Post-earthquake assessment and management for infrastructure systems: learning from the Canterbury (New Zealand) and L'Aquila (Italy) earthquakes

I Kongar, S Esposito, S Giovinazzi - Bulletin of earthquake engineering, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Both the April 6, 2009 L'Aquila (Italy) earthquake, and the 2010–2011 Canterbury
(New Zealand) earthquake sequence provided unprecedented opportunity to enhance the …

Accelerated bridge construction (ABC) and seismic damage resistant technology: A New Zealand challenge

A Palermo, M Mashal - Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for …, 2012 - bulletin.nzsee.org.nz
Abstract Although New Zealand bridges performed well structurally during recent
Canterbury earthquakes, some critical arterial routes lost their functionality. Life Safety is still …

Expected seismic performance of irregular medium-span simply supported bridges on soft and hard soils

JM Jara, JR Reynoso, BA Olmos, M Jara - Engineering Structures, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper presents the parametric study of irregular RC bridge structures subjected to
strong seismic records. We determine the expected damages and the concentration …

Influence of Relative Lateral Stiffness and Dynamic Characteristics of Pile Foundation and Superstructure on SSPSI Response of Pile-Supported Structure …

S DebRoy, R Saha - International Journal of Geomechanics, 2024 - ascelibrary.org
The seismic design of pile foundation–supported structures has gained significant attention
in the last few decades; there have been several failures during moderate to severe …

Isolation parameters for improving the seismic performance of irregular bridges

JM Jara, D Villanueva, M Jara, BA Olmos - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2013 - Springer
Bridge structures are usually built on irregular topographical surfaces which create
substructures with different pier heights and non uniform stiffness distribution. Three …

Assessment of the historic seismic performance of the New Zealand highway bridge stock

SW Lew, L Wotherspoon, L Hogan… - Structure and …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper presents the assessment of historic seismic bridge performance of the New
Zealand highway bridge stock from the 1968 Inangahua earthquake through to the 2016 …