Vulnerability assessment of Surigao Metro Water District under seismic hazard

• Main Authors: Better, Sheena I., Garciano, Lessandro Estelito O.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2018
• Subjects: Earthquake hazard analysis > Philippines > Surigao; Underground pipelines > Philippines > Surigao; Monte Carlo method; Civil Engineering
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2411; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3410&context=faculty_research
• Institution: De La Salle University

Earlier this year, Surigao Del Norte, a province in the Philippines experienced a 6.7 magnitude earthquake. The severe ground movement caused some of the buried pipelines to be pulled-out from their supports. This type of failure occurs when the ground strain during extreme seismic excitation exceed...