Chile earthquake of 2010 : assessment of industrial facilities around Concepción /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Reston, Virginia :
American Society of Civil Engineers,
[2016]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Abstract: | Sponsored by the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. On February 27, 2010, an earthquake off the coast of Chile registered a magnitude of 8.8, making it the largest in Chile since 1960. Between those two massive quakes, Chile enacted codes to improve the seismic resilience of structures. Because the Chilean codes are similar to codes in the United States, the performance of industrial facilities in Chile provided an unprecedented opportunity to study how heavy U.S. industrial facilities might perform during a large seismic event. CAP Acero Huachipato Steel Plant, including the coke plant, two blast furnaces, bar mills, a hot rolling mill, and a pier; ENAP Bio Bio Refinery, including process units, fin fan units, wooden cooling tower, control buildings, and a tank farm; Abastible San Vicente Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Terminal, including two LPG spheres, an LPG tank, a pipe rack, and a pier; Santa Maria Power Station, a coal-fired plant under construction; and A base isolated pier at the Port of Coronel. This report also includes an assessment of anchor bolt performance at these facilities and overall recommendations of the assessment team. Nine appendixes of supporting documentation--including English translations of two Chilean standards--are available for download. For structural engineers, this report provides critical information for the development and implementation of seismic codes and standards, as well as for focusing retrofit efforts in heavy industrial facilities. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780784478592 0784478597 0784413649 9780784413647 |