Fragility Functions for Bridges in Liquefied and Laterally Spreading Ground Scott J. Brandenberg, Jian Zhang, Pirooz Kashighandi, Yili Huo, Minxing Zhao October 8 th, 2010
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Co-PI Jian Zhang PhD Students: Pirooz Kashighandi, Minxing Zhao, and Yili Huo. Technical Coordinator: Tom Shantz Funding for this work was provided by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center.
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