TY - BOOK ID - 7691700 TI - Preliminary reconnaissance report of the 2011 Tohoku-Chiho Taiheiyo-Oki earthquake PY - 2012 VL - v. 23 SN - 4431540962 9786613924575 4431540970 1283612127 PB - New York : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Earthquake damage -- Japan -- Tohoku Region. KW - Earthquake engineering -- Japan. KW - Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. KW - Earthquake damage KW - Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011 KW - Earthquake engineering KW - Geology KW - Engineering & Applied Sciences KW - Earth & Environmental Sciences KW - Dynamic & Structural Geology KW - Engineering - General KW - Great East Japan Disaster, Japan, 2011 KW - Great East Japan Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Great Tohoku Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Great Tohoku Kanto Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Northeast Region Pacific Ocean Offshore Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Pacific Offshore Tohoku Region Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Tohoku Pacific Ocean Earthquake, Japan, 2011 KW - Engineering. KW - Natural disasters. KW - Buildings. KW - Construction. KW - Civil engineering. KW - Civil Engineering. KW - Basics of Construction. KW - Natural Hazards. KW - Building Types and Functions. KW - Earthquakes KW - Tsunamis KW - Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, Japan, 2011 KW - Architecture. KW - Geology. KW - Geognosy KW - Geoscience KW - Earth sciences KW - Natural history KW - Architecture, Western (Western countries) KW - Building design KW - Buildings KW - Construction KW - Western architecture (Western countries) KW - Art KW - Building KW - Engineering KW - Public works KW - Design and construction KW - Edifices KW - Halls KW - Structures KW - Architecture KW - Natural calamities KW - Disasters KW - Built environment UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7691700 AB - Devastating damage in the Tohoku region of Japan occurred during and after the massive earthquake off the Pacific coast, the Tohoku earthquake, on March 11, 2011. The Architectural Institute of Japan dispatched reconnaissance teams into the field to obtain basic facts on the damage to buildings due to the massive ground motions and resultant tsunami. Their mission included collecting information on the characteristics of the earthquake itself and the observed major ground motions and tsunamis throughout the area. For the investigation of structural damage, buildings are classified by their type of construction—steel buildings, reinforced concrete buildings, wooden houses, and others—along with descriptions of special features for each category of building type. This report summarizes damage associated with ground failures including landslides and liquefaction as well as nonstructural damages such as to equipment and facilities, partitioning walls and ceilings, and functional failures in skyscrapers. A brief description of the Japanese Seismic Design Code is provided in the Appendix, and a proposed scheme of anti-tsunami design for buildings is also included. ER -