Tohoku, Japan, Earthquake and Tsunami of 2011 : performance of structures under tsunami loads /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Chock, Gary
Other Authors:	Robertson, Ian N. (Ian Nicol), Kriebel, David L., Francis, Mathew, Nistor, Ioan (Engineer)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Reston, Virginia : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2013]
Subjects:	Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami, Japan, 2011. Tsunami resistant design > Japan. Earthquake resistant design > Japan. Structural engineering > Japan. Structural analysis (Engineering) Tsunamis > Japan. Loads (Mechanics) Tremblement de terre et tsunami du Nord-Est, Japon, 2011. Conception parasismique > Japon. Technique de la construction > Japon. Théorie des constructions. Tsunamis > Japon. Charges. structural analysis. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Construction > General. Earthquake resistant design. Structural engineering. Tsunami resistant design. Tsunamis. Japan. Japan > Tōhoku Region. 2011 Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake and Tohoku Tsunami; 2.1 Earthquake Mechanism and Extent; 3 ASCE-JSCE Collaboration; 4 Pre-Survey Preparatory Research; 5 Tsunami Warning and Evacuation; 5.1 Tsunami Evacuation Signage; 5.2 Tsunami Evacuation Sites; 5.3 Japan Meteorological Agency Tsunami Advisory System; 5.4 Findings-Public Safety; 6 Tsunami Flow Velocity; 6.1 Flow Velocity Characteristics; 6.2 Aerial Video Analysis; 6.3 Flow Characteristics Determined from "Flow Surrogates"; 7 Debris Loading; 7.1 Introduction.
7.2 Types of Debris7.3 Debris Impact; 7.4 Large Debris Strikes; 7.5 Debris Damming; 8 Building Structural Performance; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Building Performance; 8.3 Overturned Buildings; 8.4 Wall Lateral Load Failures; 8.5 Low-Rise Buildings; 8.6 Debris Effects on Buildings; 8.7 Residential Buildings; 8.8 Scour Effects on Buildings; 8.9 Other Loading Effects; 8.10 Findings-Buildings; 9 Bridge Performance; 9.1 Railway Bridges; 9.2 Roadway Bridges; 9.3 Findings-Bridges; 10 Seawalls and Tsunami Barriers; 10.1 Vertical Concrete Flood Walls; 10.2 Compacted Earth Tsunami Barriers.
10.3 Sluice Gate Structures10.4 Findings-Seawalls; 11 Breakwaters; 11.1 Concrete Parapet Walls; 11.2 Caisson Breakwaters; 11.3 Findings-Breakwaters; 12 Piers, Quays, and Wharves; 12.1 Findings-Piers, Quays, and Wharves; 13 Scour Effects; 13.1 Introduction; 13.2 Observed Scour Features; 13.3 Selected Representative Scour Sites; 14 Other Structures; 14.1 Storage Tanks; 14.2 Towers; 14.3 Cranes; 15 Failure Mode Analysis; 16 Economic Impacts and Initial Recovery Efforts; 17 Findings and Recommendations; 17.1 General Findings; 17.2 Recommendations for Future Tsunami Surveys.
17.3 Recommendations for Tsunami ResearchAppendix 1: A Classification of Building Damage Patterns Caused by Tsunami; Appendix 2: Spreadsheet Log of Structures and Coastal Seawalls Investigated; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.