An Outline of Damages to School Buildings in Dujiangyan by the Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008

Abstract eng:
The great Wenchuan Earthquake on May 12, 2008, caused serious damages to buildings in major cities of Sichuan Province, Mid China, due to which more than several ten thousand people were reportedly killed. It is also reported that school buildings consisting of several thousand classrooms collapsed, which resulted in death toll of several thousand students and teachers. In the middle of June, one month after the Earthquake, the authors carried out a post-earthquake quick observation on damages to school buildings in Dujiangyan. A total of about eighty school buildings in Dujiangyan, almost all the schools in the city area, were surveyed. Structural damage rates of the buildings are classified based on the Japanese standard, such as into no damage, slight, minor, moderate, severe, and collapse, so that the damage rates based on the inventory survey for the schools in the region could be derived. The results of investigation are summarized in this paper analyzing the damage rates statistically in relation to the structural properties and construction year.

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