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The Collapse Of The Cypress Viaduct During The Loma Prieta Earthquake Of October 17, 1989, Mohamed M. Eid
The Collapse Of The Cypress Viaduct During The Loma Prieta Earthquake Of October 17, 1989, Mohamed M. Eid
Theses
The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17, 1989 in California was one of the most disastrous earthquakes in U.S history. It caused damage to commercial, residential, and industrial structures, transportation and utilities.
This study includes investigations about the Cypress Viaduct collapse re?ported by:
- California Governor's Board of Inquiry [4].
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NEL) W.
- 3The Author.
Investigators in the first report concluded that the collapse was due to horizontal ground motion. In the second one, it was due to the vertical ground motion.
In the author's investigation, a detailed static and dynamic analyses are performed to determine …