some researchers believe that because of the severe earthquake and tsunami in the fourth century h., a large part of siraf submerged by the persian gulf water fluctuations. based on the available evidence and also by the archaeological survey of the siraf coastal surrounding areas, the author argues that despite the devastating earthquake occurred to destroy much of the coastal architectural st...

The earthquake had hit Muzaffarabad on October 8, 2005. Being one of the dreadful events, it badly devastated the area. In addition, the post earthquake scenario raised fears of pressure on forestry resources, especially for reconstruction phase. It was, therefore, essential to assess the availability of salvage wood to prevent/or reduce the pressure on forestry resources. Thus, the study was l...

The paper is an analysis of buildings behavior during strong earthquakes, considering the modifications of the structural dynamic characteristics due to strong earthquake generated damages. The study is focused on the difference in a building behavior, function of the mode the structure is situated relative to the seismic ground motion from the spectral point of view: below resonance or above r...

To understand the seismic damage characteristics of bottom frame-wall buildings and to study their seismic performance, the seismic damage outcomes of  bottom frame-wall structures in Du jiang weir by the Wen chuan earthquake on May 12,2008, China were field observed and studied. The assesment of the seismic damage to the bottom frame-wall masonry in Du jiang weir urban showed that the damage t...

The 2015 Gorkha Nepal earthquake caused tremendous damage and loss. To gain valuable lessons from this tragic event, an earthquake damage investigation team was dispatched to Nepal from 1 May 2015 to 7 May 2015. A unique aspect of the earthquake damage investigation is that first-hand earthquake damage data were obtained 6–11 days after the mainshock. To gain deeper understanding of the observe...