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Hospital in Curico
Chile-US
Partners
Aerial
Recon
Ground
Recon
LocalizedDamageSiteEects?
H/Vpeaks:0.52sec(Bonnefoyetal,2008)
Damageto5to20storybuildings
Lateral spreading
Photo taken from NE
Pier settlement
JuanPabloIIBridge
Lateralspreadingandbridge
bentdamageonNEapproach
Deck
seIlement
Lateralspread
Deck
seIlement
LiquefacHon
Lateralspread
DeckseIlement
Shearfailure
Lateralspread
evidenceofliquefacHon
JuanPabloIIBridge
LiquefacHoninducedpierseIlementsalongbridgespan
Piers#113116
Piers#113116
0.5m0.7m
ModesofdeformaHon
LiquefacHoninduced
pierseIlement
1o
North Concepcion
SanAntonio
Valparaiso
Coronel:a)LateralSpreading/Se>lement,b)SedimentEjecta/Sinkholes,&c)PileDamage
Possible liquefaction
of thin seams in
foundation soils led
to translational
failures of highway
embankments
Levee Breach
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