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The wharf, the industrial warehouses and the control tower buildings at the port of Kandla suffered major damages owing to both structural inadequacies as well as liquefaction of the ground. However, the oil refinery plants, oil tanks, tall TV towers, high-tension electrical transmission lines, steel communication towers, and elevated water tanks suffered only minor damage.
Wharf at Kandla port. Next picture shows damage to the pilons.
Flexural cracking of the piles at the jetty at Kandla port.
Flexural
and shear cracks at the beam-column joint at the knee-bent frame supporting
craft jetty at Kandla port.
Severe damage (cyclic shear cracks) to the exterior short columns at the ventilators of the warehouse at Kandla port; opening of ties and buckling of longitudinal steel.
Undulations of floor tiles of the container terminal at Kandla port due to extensive liquefaction.
A 15o tilt in the 6-storey control tower at Kandla port due to liquefaction and consequent lateral spreading towards the bay.
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