2014 Volume 20 Issue 44 Pages 133-138
In order to clarify structural damage on school gymnasiums due to the 2011 Tohoku Earthquake, total 1611 of school gymnasiums in Iwate Prefecture, Miyagi Prefecture, Fukushima Prefecture, Ibaraki Prefecture, and Tochigi Prefecture were investigated. More than 70% of investigated school gymnasium were slightly damaged or not damaged. On the other hand, about 6% of school gymnasium built in or after 1982 were seriously damaged. Moreover, in this paper, structural elements damaged seriously in the school gymnasiums built in 1982 or afterwards were examined.
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