Performance of Bridges during the 2010 Darfield and 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes

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Research Article| November 01, 2011 Performance of Bridges during the 2010 Darfield and 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes Liam Wotherspoon; Liam Wotherspoon University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 1University of Auckland, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Aaron Bradshaw; Aaron Bradshaw University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 2University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Russell Green; Russell Green University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 3Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Clinton Wood; Clinton Wood University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 4University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, U.S.A. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Alessandro Palermo; Alessandro Palermo University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 5University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Misko Cubrinovski; Misko Cubrinovski University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 5University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Brendon Bradley Brendon Bradley University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland 1142 New Zealand l.wotherspoon@auckland.ac.nz (L. W.) 5University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Seismological Research Letters (2011) 82 (6): 950–964. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.82.6.950 Article history first online: 09 Mar 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Liam Wotherspoon, Aaron Bradshaw, Russell Green, Clinton Wood, Alessandro Palermo, Misko Cubrinovski, Brendon Bradley; Performance of Bridges during the 2010 Darfield and 2011 Christchurch Earthquakes. Seismological Research Letters 2011;; 82 (6): 950–964. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.82.6.950 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The region in and around Christchurch, encompassing Christchurch city and the Selwyn and Waimakariri districts, contains more than 800 road, rail, and pedestrian bridges. Most of these bridges are reinforced concrete, symmetric, and have small to moderate spans (15–25 m). The 22 February 2011 moment magnitude (Mw) 6.2 Christchurch earthquake induced high levels of localized ground shaking (Bradley and Cubrinovski 2011, page 853 of this issue; Guidotti et al. 2011, page 767 of this issue; Smyrou et al. 2011, page 882 of this issue), with damage to bridges mainly confined to the central... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.