Safety requirements for buildings under induced earthquakes due to gas extraction
conference paper
In the Dutch province of Groningen over the last year shallow earthquakes are induced due to large scale gas extraction from the gas field at 3 km depth. The induced earthquakes differ from the better known tectonic earthquakes all over the world, caused by movement of the earth at large depths. The structures affected by the earthquakes however have never been engineered to withstand earthquakes. Layout of the walls and standard structural details can lead to dangerous partial collapse like fall of walls, opening of cracks and even to total collapse. Based on a target level for the Individual Risk (IR), in this paper, a reliability based method is developed for the design of new structures and assessment of existing structures for the area affected by the Groningen gas field.
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TNO Identifier
753491
ISBN
9781138029972
Publisher
CRC Press/Balkema
Source title
Risk, Reliability and Safety: innovating theory and practice, Proceedings of the 26th European Safety and Reliability Conference, ESREL 2016, Glasgow, Scotland, UK, 25-29 September 2016
Editor(s)
Walls, L.
Revie, M.
Bedford, T.
Revie, M.
Bedford, T.
Collation
1 p.
Pages
397-397
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