01 March 2015

Detailed Finite Element Analysis of Full-scale Four-story Steel Frame Structure

Hiroyuki Tagawa, Tomoshi Miyamura & Takuzo Yamashita; National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention; Masayuki Kohiyama, Keio University; Makoto Ohsaki, Hiroshima University

Detailed finite element (FE) analyses of a full-scale four-story steel frame structure, subjected to consecutive 60% and 100% excitations from the JR Takatori records during...

10 October 2004

Recent Activities on Earthquake Preparedness in Japan

Tsuneo Okada, University of Tokyo

First, the lessons on building performance from the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake Disaster caused by the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake are reviewed and then, some of...