{"id":55,"date":"2015-02-03T15:06:04","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T23:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2015-05-11T09:01:37","modified_gmt":"2015-05-11T17:01:37","slug":"liquefaction-tanks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/earthquake-hazards\/liquefaction-tanks\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquefaction &amp; Tanks"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<h2>Tanks on Liquefied Ground<\/h2>\n<p>These photos from the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan illustrate various effects of liquefaction on tanks and their foundations.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_976\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-976\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"This tank farm was located on reclaimed land along the waterfront. The cohesionless fill materials liquefied during the earthquake, and many tanks experienced excessive settlements or bearing failures.\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe-702x1024.jpg 702w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/GATX-tanks-Kobe.jpg 718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This tank farm was located on reclaimed land along the waterfront. The cohesionless fill materials liquefied during the earthquake, and many tanks experienced excessive settlements or bearing failures.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_975\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tanks-Kobe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-975\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tanks-Kobe-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"The large blue tank in the middle of the photo tilted excessively due to liquefaction of the foundation soils.\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tanks-Kobe-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tanks-Kobe-120x150.jpg 120w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tanks-Kobe.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The large blue tank in the middle of the photo tilted excessively due to liquefaction of the foundation soils.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_978\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-978\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"[Accompanies above slide] The tank foundation punched into the ground on one side. Notice that the numerous pipelines connecting the tanks were heavily damaged as well.\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe-228x150.jpg 228w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Blue-tank-base-Kobe.jpg 1091w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">[Accompanies above slide]<br \/>The tank foundation punched into the ground on one side. Notice that the numerous pipelines connecting the tanks were heavily damaged as well.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_977\" style=\"width: 207px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977\" src=\"http:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"This set of tanks, also near the waterfront and on reclaimed land, experienced excessive settlements due to liquefaction. Notice that the walkway across the top of these two tanks has been torn away from the larger tank. Cracks in the ground are visible near the base of the large tank.\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe-673x1024.jpg 673w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe-99x150.jpg 99w, https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/02\/Tilted-tanks-Kobe.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This set of tanks, also near the waterfront and on reclaimed land, experienced excessive settlements due to liquefaction. Notice that the walkway across the top of these two tanks has been torn away from the larger tank. Cracks in the ground are visible near the base of the large tank.<\/p><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h2>Tanks on Liquefied Ground<\/h2>\n<p>These photos from the 1995 Kobe earthquake in Japan illustrate various effects of liquefaction on tanks and their foundations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":0,"parent":30,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/69"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1031,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/1031"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/30"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.engineering.ucdavis.edu\/gpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}