Author

Abstract Vertical and horizontal ground anchors are used frequently in Wellington. This study presents summaries of the results of tension tests of ground anchors across 33 sites in Wellington. The study includes ground anchors in soil and in rock, and both sacrificial and production anchor…

Several methods are available in the literature to estimate the extent of liquefaction induced lateral spreading at a given site, the most commonly used being that of Zhang et al (2004). During the 2010-2011 sequence of earthquakes in Canterbury, lateral spreading occurred extensively across the…