3rd report in LFE series available–EERI/ASCE report on tsunami effects on structures

September 29, 2011 by EERI Admin
Filed under General Information, Reports from the field, Structural, Tsunami

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) sponsored several reconnaissance teams to survey effects of the great East Japan earthquake and Tohoku tsunami. The first of these was the tsunami team, led by Gary Chock, which traveled to Japan from April 15 to May 1, 2011, and focused on tsunami effects...

Summary of the Field Survey and Research on “The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake”

September 16, 2011 by EERI Admin
Filed under Non-structural, Reinforced Concrete, Steel & Industrial Buildings, Structural, Tsunami

Preliminary Report now available from the Building Research Institute and the National Institute for Land and Infrastructure Management, entitled “The 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake” (the Great East Japan Earthquake)”, September 2011. Read it here. Summary below: In...

Effects of the 2011 Tohoku Japan Earthquake on Steel Structures

August 3, 2011 by Dimitrios Lignos
Filed under EERI Team Field Blog, Images and Videos, Non-structural, Reports from the field, Steel & Industrial Buildings, Structural, Tsunami

US Team James M. Ricles, Professor, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, USA (Group Leader) Dimitrios G. Lignos, Assistant Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada Jay Love, Degenkolb Engineers, San Francisco, CA, USA Japan Team Mitsumasa Midorikawa, Professor, Hokkaido University, Japan Taichiro...

FHWA/UJNR/EERI Reconnaissance Team for Bridge Damage Investigation

June 8, 2011 by Eric Monzon
Filed under EERI Team Field Blog, Geotechnical, Images and Videos, Reports from the field, Structural, Tsunami

US Team W. Philip Yen, US side Chair of T/C G, Federal Highway Administration Ian Buckle, Professor, University of Nevada, Reno David Frost, Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Lee Marsh, Senior Project Manager, Berger/ABAM Engineers, Seattle Shideh Dashti, Assistant Professor, University...

Shideh Dashti’s Geotechnical Observations from Trip to Sendai, Japan

June 7, 2011 by Shideh Dashti
Filed under EERI Team Field Blog, Geotechnical, Structural, Tsunami

June 3, 2011: After meeting our Japanese colleagues on Friday, June 3rd at the hotel, we took the train from Narita Hilton Hotel to Tokyo and then Sendai. In Sendai, we first visited the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau (MLIT). They described the existing emergency response protocols for earthquake...

Damage of Nakasone No. 1 Viaduct and Discussion on Damage Mechanism

April 25, 2011 by EERI Admin
Filed under Reports from the field, Structural

Structural Damage of Tohoku Shinkansen Viaducts Damage of Nakasone No. 1 Viaduct and Discussion on Damage Mechanism – Second Report Dr. Yoshikazu Takahashi, Associate Professor Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University (Translated by S. Otani, University of Tokyo) download report...