Feasibility for Use of Microseisms as an Aid to Navy Base Microzonation.

Abstract

The U.S. Navy has a number of bases in seismically active areas. Mission requirements dictate that these bases be located at the waterfront, often on marginal soils. Since the seismic exposure is high, the Navy has had an active research program to mitigate the risk to waterfront structures. The dynamic response of saturated cohesionless soils results in a loss of strength; liquefaction and the potential for associated damage is a major problem. The 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake caused over $125 million in damages primarily from liquefaction. In 1993 the Guam earthquake caused an additional $120 million loss.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA303337

Entities

People

  • John Ferritto

Organizations

  • Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Engineering
  • Databases
  • Doppler Effect
  • Dynamic Response
  • Earthquake Engineering
  • Earthquakes
  • Geography
  • Measurement
  • Ocean Waves
  • Ridges
  • Second World War
  • Secondary Waves
  • Seismic Waves
  • Soils
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Topography
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Geotechnical Engineering.
  • Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering.
  • Seismology