A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A view down Cashel street from the Bridge of Remembrance.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Bridge Street, South Brighton".
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of cracks in the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of workers at work near the Ferrymead Bridge.
A photograph of damage to the road on Bridge Street.
A photograph of a digger working near the Ferrymead Bridge.
The cordoned-off entrance to the Bridge Tavern in Kaiapoi.
Canterbury Public Library viewed from near the Bridge of Rememberance,
Having a quick but reliable insight into the likelihood of damage to bridges immediately after an earthquake is an important concern especially in the earthquake prone countries such as New Zealand for ensuring emergency transportation network operations. A set of primary indicators necessary to perform damage likelihood assessment are ground motion parameters such as peak ground acceleration (PGA) at each bridge site. Organizations, such as GNS in New Zealand, record these parameters using distributed arrays of sensors. The challenge is that those sensors are not installed at, or close to, bridge sites and so bridge site specific data are not readily available. This study proposes a method to predict ground motion parameters for each bridge site based on remote seismic array recordings. Because of the existing abundant source of data related to two recent strong earthquakes that occurred in 2010 and 2011 and their aftershocks, the city of Christchurch is considered to develop and examine the method. Artificial neural networks have been considered for this research. Accelerations recorded by the GeoNet seismic array were considered to develop a functional relationship enabling the prediction of PGAs. http://www.nzsee.org.nz/db/2013/Posters.htm
Photograph captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "A view of the city looking south-west from the roof of the Ibis Hotel. Gough House in Hereford Street is being demolished, with the Bridge of Remembrance behind".
The steps from Cambridge Terrace up to the Bridge of Remembrance. The terracotta tiles on the highest step have chipped off. The gaps that can be seen on the concrete wall to the right shows how far the steps have moved from their original position.
An aerial photograph of New Brighton. The photograph has been captioned by BeckerFraserPhotos, "Anzac Drive Bridge over the River Avon. The houses in the bottom half of this photograph are residential red zoned".
A photograph of cracks in the grass verge along Bridge Street.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Ferrymead Bridge roadworks advice signs".
A photograph of the Bridge of Remembrance surrounded by cordon fencing.
A photograph captioned by Paul Corliss, "Ferrymead Bridge roadworks advice signs".