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Figure 2
Seismic design zones in Taiwan. (After NCREE, 2000.)
4 MODULAR BLOCK GEOSYNTHETIC REINFORCED SOIL
RETAINING WALLS
4.1 Ta Kung Housing Development Site, Tai Chung
This development site is located along the mountains. The housing development
project had been abandoned prior to the Ji-Ji earthquake. Large cracks and
settlements were found along the slopes
(Figs. 4a and b)
,
which indicated that
part of the slope failed under seismic excitation due to loss of global stability.
There was almost no obvious structural damage to the frames of the buildings,
except for some of the foundations and slabs that were damaged by significant
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