In Peru, confined masonry (CM) walls are widely used as structural elements in low- and mid-rise dwellings in order to resist the gravity and seismic loads. To evaluate t [...]

The evaluation of the seismic performance of buildings in seismic-prone regions is very important because the structures with inadequate seismic performance are the main [...]

Functional damage and restoration processes of electric power, water and city gas supply systems are compared among three major earthquakes in Japan. Aiming at deepening [...]

From April 14 on, a series of earthquakes hit the central Kyushu area in Japan causing major damage primarily to Kumamoto Prefecture. In this paper, functional damage and [...]

In order to contribute to mitigate the impact of future earthquakes, appropriate measures to protect human life should be taken into account, therefore the estimation of [...]

The 2011 Tohoku earthquake that occurred off the Pacific coast of Tohoku, Japan, on 11 March, 2011, triggered an extremely large tsunami. The tsunami inflicted enormous d [...]

Digital aerial cameras, recently introduced to aerial photography, have much higher radiometric resolution than traditional film aerial cameras do. Thus, even though the [...]

Detailed analysis was conducted for the recorded mainshock across the country during the 21 May 2003 Boumerdes, Algeria earthquake. A remarkable difference has been recor [...]

Many major and minor damages were caused to various structures in the recent earthquakes in Japan. Among them, the embankments of expressways were severely damaged. Using [...]