Impacts of 2020 Beirut Explosion on Port Infrastructure and Nearby Buildings
Impacts of 2020 Beirut Explosion on Port Infrastructure and Nearby Buildings
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DOI:
10.1061/(asce)nh.1527-6996.0000550
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发表时间:
2022-05
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
S. Sadek;Mayssa Dabaghi;Timothy M. O'donnell;P. Zimmaro;Y. Hashash;J. Stewart
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作者:
S. Sadek;Mayssa Dabaghi;Timothy M. O'donnell;P. Zimmaro;Y. Hashash;J. Stewart
6 At 18:08 on 4 August 2020, a large explosion occurred at Hangar 12 in the Port of Beirut. The size 7 of the explosion was equivalent to that of an earthquake with local magnitude (M L ) of 3.3 (USGS). 8 As one of the largest non-military explosions to ever impact an urban region, this event provides 9 unprecedented opportunities to document explosion impacts on urban infrastructure. To 10 facilitate this data collection, the Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance Association 11 (GEER) coordinated a multi-agency response directed towards the collection of perishable data 12 of engineering interest. Two main categories of infrastructure systems were impacted -- the Port 13 of Beirut and the Beirut building stock. Within the Port, the explosion triggered a quay wall failure 14 and flow slide, and strongly impacted grain silo structures that were in close proximity to Hangar 15 12. Within the city, a combination of historical masonry structures, older reinforced concrete 16 structures, and modern high-rise structures was impacted. Through a combination of in-person 17 inspections and street-view surveys, we collected data on structural performance (including 18 damage to load-bearing elements) and building façades. Performance levels are classified 19 according to procedures applied previously following earthquakes (for structural performance) 20 and newly proposed procedures (for façade openings). We describe spatial distributions of these