DEVELOPMENT OF URGENT EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE ESTIMATION SYSTEM FOR ROAD FACILITIES

摘要

Earthquake damage of road facilities does not only reduce their functions but affects the socio-economic activities in and around the damaged area. Besides improving the seismic performance of road facilities, therefore, post-earthquake emergency activities to reduce the damage effects must be jointly promoted. This paper presents an Urgent Earthquake Damage Estimation System for Road Facilities, which is developed at Public Works Research Institute, Ministry of Construction. By providing rough estimation on damage states and damage distributions in a short time, the system will support decision-makers to facilitate emergency actions immediately after earthquakes.