TY - JOUR
T1 - Lessons in bridge damage learned from the Wenchuan earthquake
AU - Yen, W. Phillip
AU - Chen, Genda
AU - Yashinski, Mark
AU - Hashash, Youssef
AU - Holub, Curtis
AU - Kehai, Wang
AU - Xiaodong, Guo
N1 - A team of five U.S. engineers led by Dr. Phillip W. Yen was invited to study bridge damage from the M 7.9 (M 8.0 according to the China Earthquake Administration, CEA) Wenchuan earthquake of May 12, 2008. The team was invited by the Ministry of Communication of China and hosted by the Sichuan Province Highway Planning, Survey, Design, and Research Institute. The reconnaissance team visited the earthquake stricken areas during July 20–24, 2008. Figure 1 shows the location of the bridge structures investigated.
Correspondence to: W. Phillip Yen, Seismic Research Program Manager, Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Office of Infrastructure R & D, Bridge Design & Hazard Mitigation T-111, 6300 Georgetown Pike, McLean, VA 22101 E-mail: [email protected] †Seismic Research Program Manager; ‡Professor; §Senior Engineer; *PhD Candidate Supported by: Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of Federal Highway Administration Received April 29, 2009; Accepted May 16, 2009
PY - 2009/6
Y1 - 2009/6
N2 - A strong earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2008. Shortly after the earthquake, the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of the Federal Highway Administration, in partnership with the Research Institute of Highways, the Ministry of Communication of China, led a reconnaissance team to conduct a post-earthquake bridge performance investigation of the transportation system in the earthquake affected areas. The U.S. transportation system reconnaissance team visited the area during July 20-24, 2008. This paper presents the findings and lessons learned by the team.
AB - A strong earthquake occurred in Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, China, on May 12, 2008. Shortly after the earthquake, the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center of the Federal Highway Administration, in partnership with the Research Institute of Highways, the Ministry of Communication of China, led a reconnaissance team to conduct a post-earthquake bridge performance investigation of the transportation system in the earthquake affected areas. The U.S. transportation system reconnaissance team visited the area during July 20-24, 2008. This paper presents the findings and lessons learned by the team.
KW - Bridge engineering
KW - Earthquake engineering
KW - Post earthquake investigation
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U2 - 10.1007/s11803-009-9064-x
DO - 10.1007/s11803-009-9064-x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:70349850541
SN - 1671-3664
VL - 8
SP - 275
EP - 285
JO - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
JF - Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration
IS - 2
ER -