- Author
- Building Research Institute
- Title
- Survey Report for Building Damages Due to the 1995 Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake.
- Coporate
- Building Research Inst., Tokyo, Japan
- Report
- CIB W14/96/03 (J), March 1996, 229 p.
- Keywords
- earthquakes | damage | surveys | response time | risk assessment | structures | steel structures
- Identifiers
- Hyogo-Ken Nanbu Earthquake (Kobe), Great Hanshin Disaster, Japan, January 17, 1995; response to the earthquake; response of the Building Research Institute; activity of the survey committee of earthquake damaged buildings; Macro analysis of damage situation; outline of earthquake damages and the emergency risk assessment; investigation of building damages by the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu earthquake; damage analysis and suggestion of damage causes; earthquake and its property; reinforced concrete buildings and steel reinforced concrete (SRC) buildings; performance of fire protection of buildings against the fires following the Hyogo-Ken Nanbu earthquake
- Abstract
- The Hyogo-Ken nanbu earthquake on the 17th of January 1995 caused huge human and physical damage in the Hanshin and Awaji area in Japan. During this one year, structures such as roads and bridges which were severely damaged, were demolished and their quick restoration work is being under development. However, urban tuning up for an urban rebirth against disasters, such as land readjustment projects and insurance of more permanent housing and buildings take much more time. In Japan, the building design code is controlled by the Building Guidance Division, Housing Bureau, Ministry of Construction. Our Building Research Institute (B.R.I.) Ministry of Construction supports the back up of the code's maintenance from the viewpoint of research. Recognizing this as an important part of our institute, many of our researching staff tackled this large earthquake. BRI published the prompt report "The Damage Survey of the Hyogo-Ken nanbu Earthquake 1995", in February 1995, and published the interim report which contained research and analysis work from the results of the survey. Then, in March 1996, a series of continuous surveys and analytical work were summarized as the final report. (These are all writen in Japanese). BRI investigated many such as input ground motions, condition of structural damage to housing, buildings, foundations, damage behavior of urban fires and fire stop factors. These results were also reported as the Interim Report for the Survey Committee of Earthquake Damaged Buildings. This committee was organized by Headquarters of the Ministry of Construction. Based upon the suggestions described in this report, new laws and other administration countermeasures were enforced. In relation to large earthquake disasters, several research projects are still now progressing in BRI. It is desired that the publication of our further research work will be helpful for the future realization of disaster prevention in cities. The English version of this report contains the main parts of the Interim Report and includes the final report from the Survey Committee of Earthquake Damaged Buildings. I hops this report will be useful not only to Japan but also to many other earthquake prone countries in the world.