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Building damage investigation in western India earthquake
[2001 West India Earthquake Building Damage Survey]
We conducted a damage survey of building structures in the "Western Indid Earthquake" that occurred at 8:46 am local time on January 26,2001.
Survey team
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- Dr. Hitomi MURAKAMI
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Team Leader,
Dept.Computer Science and Systems Engr.,
Faculaty of Engineering,
Yamaguchi Univ.
(Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Planning)
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- Dr. Yoshiaki Hisada
- Associate Professor Kogakuin University, Dept. of Architecture (Strong Motion Seismology )
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- Mr. VENKATARAMANA Katta
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Ocean Civil Engineering,
Kagoshima University
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- Mr. Fumiaki UEHAN
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Institute of Industrial Science,
The University of Tokyo
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- Dr. Sanjay PAREEK
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Department of Architecture,
College of Engineering,
Nihon University
(Building Materials, Repair and Reinforcement of RC Structures)
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- Dr.YasuhiroHAYASHI
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Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University
(Earthquake engineering of buildings)
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- Dr.Sumio SAWADA
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Disaster Prevention Research Institute,
Kyoto University (Earthquake Engineering,
Engineering Seismology, Geotechnical Engineering)
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- Dr. Kimiro MEGURO
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Institute of Industrial Science,
The University of Tokyo
(Urban earthquake Disaster Mitigation Engineering)
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- Mr. Pradeep Kumar Ramancharla
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Institute of Industrial Science,
The University of Tokyo
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- Mrs. Shiho ONO
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News Reporter (News Director) Radio Production Center,
Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc
Damage status by structure
Steel frame
Piloti
Infill structure
Infill structure Damaged part
Pillar
Beam
Pillars/beams
Slavs/walls
Wall type (slab) structure
Masonry
Liquefaction
Repair scenery
Enforcement scenery
material
steel frame
Brick
Gravel
Wood
Landscape
building
Scenery around the disaster area
After the earthquake
experiment
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Damage investigation in the Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake
The "Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake" that occurred in the early morning of January 17, 1995 claimed many lives and caused enormous damage to various places. For four days from February 24th to 27th, 1995, our research team was commissioned by the Building Earthquake Investigation Committee of the Housing Bureau of the Ministry of Construc- tion, and Ashiya was part of the "Emergency Investigation of Buildings Damaged by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake". We conducted a damage survey of building structures from the city to Sannomiya, Chuo-ku, Kobe and Higashinada-ku. The members of this research team are Professor Akio Ikeda, Professor Mitsuharu Kurata, Professor Koji Kuroda, Associate Professor Masahiro Chiba, and Associate Professor Kazushige Asato.
