After an earthquake, rapidly and accurately obtaining building damage information can help to effectively guide the implementation of the emergency rescue and can reduce disaster losses and casualties. Using a single post-earthquake fully-polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) image to interpret building damage information not only involves a guaranteed data source but is also easy and ...

In order to minimize the loss of disasters on urban earthquake damage prediction research is of great significance. This paper, establishment of a data management system based on ArcGIS +Visual Studio. NET platform is an important work of the project, design and development of Langfang City earthquake damage prediction system. Firstly, the overall system framework, then introduce the system to ...

AIMS/INTRODUCTION We investigated impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake on diabetic patients and characterized those with disaster-susceptible diabetes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We enrolled 497 diabetic patients who had been followed at hospitals in devastated areas. We collected metabolic parameters prospectively, 1 and 3 months after the earthquake, and retrospectively for pre-earthquake ...

In this paper, an optimization framework is developed for performance-based seismic design of composite moment frames consisting of concrete filled steel box columns and I-shaped steel beams. Material cost of the structure and seismic damage under severe earthquake ground motions are minimized as objective functions. Two design examples are presented to demonstrate the applicability and efficie...

The objective of this paper is to provide a brief overview of damage as observed immediately following the earthquake. Detailed studies of structural seismic performance, conducted in the time elapsed since August 1999, are not the subject of this paper, but rather the object of other papers presented in this Special Issue of the Journal. Damage to reinforced concrete, masonry, and steel struct...

Damage from two earthquakes that occurred in 2007 was surveyed. The 2007 Sumatra earthquake struck Indonesia. The results were typical of damage observed in developing countries from this magnitude event. Due to questinable detailing and inadequate construction practices, there was significant structural damage, including thousands of collapsed structures. The damage exceeded what is expected f...

The damage caused by earthquake is irresistible for human beings, and the structure with poor robustness is most affected by earthquake. Especially when traffic arteries like bridges and highways are affected, the losses will be unimaginable. To reduce the loss in earthquake, the paper targets the long-span cable-stayed bridge and discusses a method of structural damage control. The energy-diss...

A Performance-Based Earthquake Engineering (PBEE) assessment methodology is being used to study the impact of long-term material degradation on seismic performance of reinforced concrete bridges. The methodology, currently under development by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center, is being applied to an overpass with typical California highway details, and preliminary results are ...

The Earthquake of January 26, 2001 of magnitude 7.6 on Richter scale has resulted in more than 25,000 fatalities and wide spread damage in India and SouthEast lower part of Sindh, Pakistan. The Intensity of this earthquake was felt from severe to minor near the epicenter and areas within 400 km radius. It has been reported that severe damage has occurred to mid to high-rise buildings in the cit...