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Soil Improvement for Damage Mitigation along Izmit Bay During the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake

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Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation

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Abstract

Ground treatment has been widely used to mitigate earthquake damages at poor soil sites. Following the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake in Turkey (MW=7.4), we studied the performance of industrial and commercial sites along Izmit Bay that had been improved. Soil conditions along the Bay consist of soft, weak soils that increase damage potential. Four sites presented here showed that soil treatment was effective in mitigating damage.

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  1. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, 24060, USA

    James R. Martin II & C. Guney Olgun

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  1. James R. Martin II
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  1. College of Civil Engineering, Hohai University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210098, China

    Hanlong Liu  & An Deng  & 

  2. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Block, Nanyang Technological University, N1, 50 Nanyang Ave, Singapore, 639798

    Jian Chu

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Martin, J.R., Olgun, C.G. (2008). Soil Improvement for Damage Mitigation along Izmit Bay During the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake. In: Liu, H., Deng, A., Chu, J. (eds) Geotechnical Engineering for Disaster Mitigation and Rehabilitation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79846-0_90

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