Civil Engineering Reference
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FIGURE 13.5
Storage tank supported by concrete piles. The soil underneath the tank liquefied during
the Kobe earthquake on January 17, 1995. The soil around the piles was removed in order to observe the
condition of the piles. (
Photograph from the Kobe Geotechnical Collection, EERC, University of California,
Berkeley.
)
FIGURE 13.6
Truck-mounted auger drill rig used to excavate piers.
