Liquefaction-related building damage in Adapazari during the Turkey earthquake of August 17, 1999

Mollamahmutoglu M., Kayabali K., Beyaz T., Kolay E.

ENGINEERING GEOLOGY, cilt.67, ss.297-307, 2003 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 67
  • Basım Tarihi: 2003
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s0013-7952(02)00190-4
  • Dergi Adı: ENGINEERING GEOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.297-307
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: liquefaction, building performance, Adapazari, building geometry, foundation type
  • Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The goal of this paper is to present especially the source and the type of liquefaction-related failures of those buildings which satisfied the structural codes of buildings and practices but experienced settlement, tilting and overturning in Adapazari during the Turkey earthquake of August 17, 1999. In this context, the Adapazari region is first evaluated in terms of geological setting, tectonics, seismicity and liquefaction susceptibility based on in situ and laboratory test data. In addition, the number of stories, types of buildings and their related failures have been mapped accordingly. Furthermore, laboratory model tests are conducted to enforce and/or confirm the type of building's failures with particular reference to their geometrical shape and the number of stories assuming that the models representing buildings satisfy the structural codes of buildings and practices. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.