International Journal of Civil Engineering

en Feasibility study of fault rupture deviation by slurry wall Seismic Geotechnique Seismic Geotechnique Research Paper Research Paper During past earthquakes, many instances of building damage as a result of earthquake surface fault rupture have been observed. The results of investigating a potential mitigation scheme are presented in this paper. Such plan provides a wall in the soil with the aim of surface displacement localization in the narrow pre-determined location. This may reduce the risk of the future rupture downstream the wall. To evaluate the efficiency of the method, this paper (i) provides validation through successful class “A” predictions of 1g model tests for fault deviation by weak wall and (ii) conducts sensitivity analyses on fault position, fault offset and wall shear strength. It is shown that wall can be designed to deviate rupture path even downstream of the wall can be protected. Reverse fault rupture, Soil bentonite wall, Fault deviation 90 99 http://ijce.iust.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-318-3&slc_lang=en&sid=1 M. Fadaee m.fadaie@iiees.ac.ir 180031947532846009897 180031947532846009897 No PhD Student, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) M.K. Jafari jafari@iiees.ac.ir 180031947532846009898 180031947532846009898 Yes Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) M. Kamalian kamalian@iiees.ac.ir 180031947532846009899 180031947532846009899 No Associate Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES) M. Moosavi smojtabamosavi@yahoo.com 180031947532846009900 180031947532846009900 No , Assistant Professor , Mazandaran University A. Shafiee ali_shafiee_iiees@yahoo.com 180031947532846009901 180031947532846009901 No Assistant Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Research Center, International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (IIEES)