1、TCLEE 2009: Lifeline Earthquake Engineering in a Multihazard Environment 2009 ASCE 909 TCLEE 2009 1 Seismic Design Criteria for Pile-Supported Wharves at the Port of Long Beach Cheng Lai1, S.E., M. ASCE, Omar A. Jaradat2, Ph.D., P.E., M. ASCE, Max Weismair3, S.E., and (Arul) K. Arulmoli4, Ph.D., G.E
2、., F. ASCE 1Senior Structural Engineer, Port of Long Beach, 925 Harbor Plaza, Long Beach, CA 90802, , 2Senior Project Manager, Moffatt & Nichol, 3780 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 600, Long Beach, CA 90806, , 3Senior Engineer, Moffatt & Nichol, 3780 Kilroy Airport Way, Suite 600, Lon
3、g Beach, CA 90806, , 4Principal, Earth Mechanics, Inc., 17660 Newhope Street, Suite E, Fountain Valley, CA 92708, . Abstract The Port of Long Beach (POLB) acknowledged in the late 1990s that the continuous increase in container throughput volume would require establishing a consistent system o
4、f standards and guidelines for the design of container wharves to successfully execute the necessary capital improvement. The understanding of seismic requirements for design of pile-supported wharves has considerably increased during recent years. New and larger ships provided new chall
5、enges; new details and practices for the design and construction of wharves were developed and followed by new codes and guidelines for port structures. This work, however, was driven by different authorities, often not closely coordinated: Code Writing Authorities, Owners (Ports), and Consultants.
6、As a result of the rapid development in this field, the resulting documents for the seismic design of wharves made their interpretation sometimes difficult. POLB recognized the need for uniform and port-specific guidelines and developed port specific Wharf Design Criteria. This paper specifically addresses the Seismic Design Criteria. They include Ground Motions and Performance Criteria, Geotechnical Considerations with particular attention to soil-stru
