Open AccessNotes on bridges and earthquakes
Author(s) -
Jeffery Wilson
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
bulletin of the new zealand society for earthquake engineering/nzsee quarterly bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.917
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 2324-1543
pISSN - 1174-9857
DOI - 10.5459/bnzsee.1.2.92-97
Subject(s) - bridge (graph theory) , resist , seismology , acceleration , geology , forensic engineering , engineering , structural engineering , materials science , physics , medicine , layer (electronics) , classical mechanics , composite material
Following the disastrous Napier earthquake in New Zealand (1931) seismic resistant construction has been a factor in bridge design in New Zealand. An early Government instruction is as follows; “wherever possible the structures should be made monolithic, and where this is not possible all parts of the structure should be well tied together. Piers should be designed to resist an acceleration of one-tenth the weight of the super-structure”.