Tashkent, Capital of Uzbekistan, experienced the earthquake damage in April 1966, just 50 years ago. In 1988 of The Soviet Era, devastating Armenia Spitak Earthquake occu [...]

Many of the existing old wooden houses in Japan are not enough strong to resist the strong earthquake. It is necessary for the houses without sufficient seismic performan [...]

A new shaking table called "BRI Large Stroke Shaking Table" was developed in 2006 in the Building Research Institute. The shaking table is driven by wire connected with d [...]

In order to clarify the collapse process of wooden houses, and to validate the effect of seismic diagnoses and seismic retrofits, a five-year research project named "A Sp [...]

In under-developing countries, many devastating earthquake damages occurred. In order to mitigate the damage of under-developing countries, Japanese research group has in [...]

The heritage stone structures of the local andesite blocks, composing Prambanan World Heritage Temples in Indonesia originated in the 9th century. Although they had been [...]