Introduction

Izuru Takewaki, Abbas Moustafa and Kohei Fujita
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Izuru Takewaki: Kyoto University
Abbas Moustafa: Minia University
Kohei Fujita: Kyoto University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Improving the Earthquake Resilience of Buildings, 2013, pp 1-6 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The 1994 Northridge earthquake and the 1995 Kobe earthquake have remained as two of the most destructive earthquakes in the world and have changed the thinking of earthquake and structural engineers for many years. Modern seismic codes have been revised taking into account lessons learned from these earthquakes. Notwithstanding this, the two recent devastating earthquakes in Japan (11 March 2011) and in Haiti (12 January 2010) have raised significant concerns within the earthquake engineering community. Perhaps these two quakes are the strongest earthquakes during the last 100 years. These earthquakes have brought to our attention the challenges still facing the developing as well as the developed countries. The 2011 Tohoku earthquake has caused massive structural damage and enormous economic loss off the Pacific coast of Tohoku in Japan. On the other hand, the 2010 Haiti earthquake has killed about 250,000 people and left a long-term suffer for the residents of the country. The signature of these two earthquakes will remain for a long time in the minds of earthquake and structural engineers. These earthquakes bring to our attention the worst-case scenario or what is also known as the critical excitation.

Keywords: Ground Motion; Tohoku Earthquake; Earthquake Ground Motion; Earthquake Load; Ground Motion Characteristic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4471-4144-0_1

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