The impact of the 12 May 2008 Wenchuan earthquake on industrial facilities |
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| Authors: | Elisabeth Krausmann Ana Maria Cruz Bastien Affeltranger |
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| Affiliation: | 1. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen, Via E. Fermi 2749, 21027 Ispra (VA), Italy;2. INERIS, Accident Risks Divison, B.P. 2 ALATA, F-60550 Verneuil en Halatte, France;1. Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 – 10129 Torino, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna - Via Zamboni, 33 - 40126 Bologna, Italy;1. Institute of Safety Science & Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, PR China;2. Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Center for Work Safety, Guangzhou 510640, PR China;3. Centre for Risk, Integrity and Safety Engineering (C-RISE), Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada;4. CEDON, KU Leuven, 1000 Brussels, Belgium;1. Department of Engineering, Roma Tre University, Via Vito Volterra 62, 00146 Rome, Italy;2. Department of Architecture, Roma Tre University, Via Aldo Manuzio 68L, 00153 Rome, Italy;4. Centre for Geoinformatics, JTSDS, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India;1. LISES – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Chimica, Ambientale e dei Materiali, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Via Terracini 28, 40131 Bologna, Italy;2. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile e Industriale, Università di Pisa, Largo Lucio Lazzarino, 56126 Pisa, Italy |
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| Abstract: | This study describes the results of a field trip to the area affected by the 12 May, 2008, Wenchuan earthquake to analyse its impact on industrial facilities. The damage severity correlates well with the age of the plant, with older facilities having suffered more extensive and severe damage than those built more recently according to the latest design codes. The main cause of worker death and injury was the collapse of warehouses, office and manufacturing buildings. This concerned mostly concrete structures with insufficient confinement or poor reinforcement. The falling debris resulted in equipment damage and loss, as well as pipe severing and crushing. Pipes were also severed or bent when connected tanks were displaced or buildings collapsed. Numerous hazardous-materials releases occurred with spills being the dominant accident scenario. In some sites soil–liquefaction induced damage was evident, highlighting the need to consider potential site effects when selecting the location for a facility. The impact of the Wenchuan earthquake on chemical facilities confirms the findings from other earthquakes in terms of typical Natech damage and failure modes, as well as of hazardous-materials release potential and mechanisms. |
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