Show simple item record

Geotechnical aspects of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquake

dc.creatorCubrinovski, Misko
dc.creatorBradley, Brendon
dc.creatorWotherspoon, Liam
dc.creatorGreen, Russell
dc.creatorBray, Jonathan
dc.creatorWood, Clint
dc.creatorPender, Michael
dc.creatorAllen, John
dc.creatorBradshaw, Aaron
dc.creatorRix, Glenn
dc.creatorTaylor, Merrick
dc.creatorRobinson, Kelly
dc.creatorHenderson, Duncan
dc.creatorGiorgini, Simona
dc.creatorMa, Kun
dc.creatorWinkley, Anna
dc.creatorZupan, Josh
dc.creatorO’Rourke, Thomas
dc.creatorDePascale, Greg
dc.creatorWells, Donnald
dc.date2011-12-31
dc.identifierhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/218
dc.identifier10.5459/bnzsee.44.4.205-226
dc.descriptionThe 22 February 2011, Mw6.2-6.3 Christchurch earthquake is the most costly earthquake to affect New Zealand, causing 181 fatalities and severely damaging thousands of residential and commercial buildings, and most of the city lifelines and infrastructure. This manuscript presents an overview of observed geotechnical aspects of this earthquake as well as some of the completed and on-going research investigations. A unique aspect, which is particularly emphasized, is the severity and spatial extent of liquefaction occurring in native soils. Overall, both the spatial extent and severity of liquefaction in the city was greater than in the preceding 4th September 2010 Darfield earthquake, including numerous areas that liquefied in both events. Liquefaction and lateral spreading, variable over both large and short spatial scales, affected commercial structures in the Central Business District (CBD) in a variety of ways including: total and differential settlements and tilting; punching settlements of structures with shallow foundations; differential movements of components of complex structures; and interaction of adjacent structures via common foundation soils. Liquefaction was most severe in residential areas located to the east of the CBD as a result of stronger ground shaking due to the proximity to the causative fault, a high water table approximately 1m from the surface, and soils with composition and states of high susceptibility and potential for liquefaction. Total and differential settlements, and lateral movements, due to liquefaction and lateral spreading is estimated to have severely compromised 15,000 residential structures, the majority of which otherwise sustained only minor to moderate damage directly due to inertial loading from ground shaking. Liquefaction also had a profound effect on lifelines and other infrastructure, particularly bridge structures, and underground services. Minor damage was also observed at flood stop banks to the north of the city, which were more severely impacted in the 4th September 2010 Darfield earthquake. Due to the large high-frequency ground motion in the Port hills numerous rock falls and landslides also occurred, resulting in several fatalities and rendering some residential areas uninhabitable.en-US
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherNew Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineeringen-US
dc.relationhttps://bulletin.nzsee.org.nz/index.php/bnzsee/article/view/218/205
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2011 Misko Cubrinovski, Brendon Bradley, Liam Wotherspoon, Russell Green, Jonathan Bray, Clint Wood, Michael Pender, John Allen, Aaron Bradshaw, Glenn Rix, Merrick Taylor, Kelly Robinson, Duncan Henderson, Simona Giorgini, Kun Ma, Anna Winkley, Josh Zupan, Thomas O’Rourke, Greg DePascale, Donnald Wellsen-US
dc.sourceBulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering; Vol. 44 No. 4 (2011): Special Issue on the 2011 Christchurch Earthquake; 205-226en-US
dc.source2324-1543
dc.source1174-9857
dc.titleGeotechnical aspects of the 22 February 2011 Christchurch earthquakeen-US
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typeArticleen-US


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record