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Ground Anchorages and Anchored Structures in Service 2007: Proceedings of the two day international conference organised by the Institution of Civil Engineers and held in London on 26 and 27 November 2007
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Stuart Littlejohn
Stuart Littlejohn
University of Bradford
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Emerald Publishing Limited
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1680/gaaasis.35614
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978-0-7277-3923-0
Publication date:
2007
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Field Surveys of Anchored Slopes after 2004 Niigataken Chuetsu Earthquake

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Jiro Takemura;
Jiro Takemura
Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN
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Hiroaki Kubo;
Hiroaki Kubo
Japan Anchor Association, Tokyo, JAPAN
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Junichi Yamazaki
Junichi Yamazaki
Sanshin Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN
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Jiro Takemura
Tokyo Institute of Technology, JAPAN
Hiroaki Kubo
Japan Anchor Association, Tokyo, JAPAN
Junichi Yamazaki
Sanshin Corporation, Tokyo, JAPAN
Doi:
https://doi.org/10.1680/gaaasis.35614.0042
  • Published:
    2007

On October 23, 2004 an intense near-field earthquake of magnitude 6.8, shook mid Niigata Prefecture, one of the famous heavy snow fall and landslide prone areas in Japan. The maximum intensity of 7 on the 7-grade Japanese intensity scale was recorded. Due to such a strong motion and the potential vulnerability of slopes, more than 1600 slope failures occurred. Moments after and then two and half years after this Nigataken Chuetsu earthquake, field surveys were carried out for geotechnical structures. This paper describes a case study of the performance of the anchored slopes observed by the field surveys.

  • Introduction

  • Geological conditions and slope failures

  • Field observations

  • Conclusions

  • References

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