TY - JOUR PY - 2022// TI - Post-earthquake rapid damage assessment of road bridges in Glina County JO - Buildings (Basel) A1 - Vlašić, Anđelko A1 - Srbić, Mladen A1 - Skokandić, Dominik A1 - Mandić Ivanković, Ana SP - e42 EP - e42 VL - 12 IS - 1 N2 - In December 2020, a strong earthquake occurred in Northwestern Croatia with a magnitude of ML = 6.3. The epicenter of this earthquake was located in the town of Petrinja, about 50 km from Zagreb, and caused severe structural damage throughout Sisak-Moslavina county. One of the biggest problems after this earthquake was the structural condition of the bridges, especially since most of them had to be used immediately for demolition, rescue, and the transport of mobile housing units in the affected areas. Teams of civil engineers were quickly formed to assess the damage and structural viability of these bridges and take necessary actions to make them operational again. This paper presents the results of the rapid post-earthquake assessment for a total of eight bridges, all located in or around the city of Glina. For the assessment, a visual inspection was performed according to a previously established methodology. Although most of the inspected bridges were found to be deteriorated due to old age and lack of maintenance, very few of them showed serious damage from the earthquake, with only one bridge requiring immediate strengthening measures and use restrictions. These measurements are also presented in this paper.
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LA - en SN - 2075-5309 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/buildings12010042 ID - ref1 ER -