Investigation of the failure of the Newcastle Workers Club

Title: Investigation of the failure of the Newcastle Workers Club
Creator: Melchers, R. E.
Relation: Australian Journal of Structural Engineering Vol. 11, Issue 3, p. 163-176
Relation: http://www.eabooks.com.au/epages/eab.sf/en_AU/?ObjectPath=/Shops/eabooks/Products/AJSE186
Publisher: Engineers Media
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2011
Description: The collapse of the Newcastle Workers Club during the Newcastle Earthquake in late 1989 was the subject of a Coronial Inquest, but no fi rm conclusions were reached. This paper describes an independent investigation of the reason(s) for the collapse. It outlines the investigation process, the data available for the investigation, eyewitness accounts not previously published, and gives a systematic overview of the progression of the investigation. It is concluded that while ground-shaking caused by the earthquake was the prime cause, failure would have been unlikely if there had not been significant deficiencies in the structure as built. These and the most likely sequence of failure events are described.
Subject: Newcastle earthquake; failure events; gound-shaking; investigation process; earthquakes
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1036386
Identifier: uon:13269
Identifier: ISSN:1328-7982
Language: eng
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