Abstract

Asian continent has witnessed a number of devastating earthquakes in the past decades. While in Indian scenario,\nthe Himalayan belt comes out to be the most tectonically active belt. Such tectonic movement not only cause huge damage to\nvertically standing structures like buildings and bridges; but also damage roads and subsequently disrupts traffic flow. Even\nthough earthquakes cannot be prevented from occurring, yet understanding the appropriate mechanism of road failures due to\nearthquake is the need of the hour. In view of the above, this paper aims to assess and analyze some of the major past\nearthquake induced damages of roads in the Asian continent, and, it was observed that the failure pattern consists of both\nstructural and functional failure. Hence, further study is required to enhance the design methodology for constructing roads,\nsuch that damages can be minimized to an extent.