Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V
Measurement of Lateral Spread Displacements in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, from the 2010 Darfield Earthquake Using Optical Image Correlation
Publication: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Liquefaction Triggering, Consequences, and Mitigation (GSP 290)
ABSTRACT
Lateral spreads caused by liquefaction of underlying soils present a significant hazard to both overlying infrastructure such as roads, bridges, and buildings as well as subsurface infrastructure including pipelines, utilities, and tunnels. Assessing lateral spread displacements and spread extents using traditional field methods (i.e. manual measurement of cracking associated with lateral spreads) is time consuming, labor intensive, and often ambiguous. Remote sensing techniques such as optical image correlation (OIC) can provide a way to quickly measure and identify lateral spread displacements and spread extents at much lower cost. In this paper, OIC is applied to lateral spread areas in Kaiapoi, New Zealand, associated with the 2010 Darfield earthquake. Results are compared with ground survey measurements showing good agreement with these quantitative measurements. Specifically, the maximum displacement calculated using OIC matches the ground survey measurements within 0.4 m, and the failure mode and extent of the lateral spreads inferred from OIC are consistent with those obtained in the ground survey.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Financial support for this work was provided by the USGS, Department of the Interior, under grant G13AP00027. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the U.S. Government.
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Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics V: Liquefaction Triggering, Consequences, and Mitigation (GSP 290)
Pages: 403 - 412
Editors: Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, and Majid T. Manzari, Ph.D., George Washington University
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8145-5
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© 2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Jun 7, 2018
ASCE Technical Topics:
- Continuum mechanics
- Correlation
- Displacement (mechanics)
- Earthquakes
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Geohazards
- Geomechanics
- Geotechnical engineering
- Highway and road management
- Highway transportation
- Highways and roads
- Infrastructure
- Mathematics
- Soil liquefaction
- Soil mechanics
- Soil properties
- Solid mechanics
- Statistics
- Structural mechanics
- Traffic engineering
- Traffic management
- Traffic safety
- Transportation engineering
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