Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• MITCHELL, C. L. B
• PERKINS, W. J
• GURTOWSKI, T. M

Titel

Seattle solutions

Ist Teil von

• Civil engineering (New York, N.Y. 1983), 1999-12, Vol.69 (12), p.54-57

Ort / Verlag

Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers

Erscheinungsjahr

1999

Quelle

Business Source Ultimate

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• As engineers seek to protect Seattle's lifeline bridges from the next large earthquake, they find that site limitations and special soil conditions give rise to a number of innovative seismic retrofit strategies. The ongoing project has resulted in 4 particularly innovative design solutions - new applications of existing technologies that can be put to use in earthquake-prone regions all over the world.