Host: Japan Association for Wind Engineering
Pages 171-172
The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has formulated and implemented a Japanese version of the enhanced Fujita scale (JEF scale) in April 2016 corresponding to buildings and the other damage in Japan. However, in the current JEF scale, there are cases where the degree of damage (DOD) cannot apply and is not subject to assessment. For example, the damage of the storage (Damage Index = 10) is limited for the case which is not fixed to the ground, and if it is fixed, JEF scale cannot apply. However, storage manufacturers have recommended them to fix to the ground. In this study, the damaged wind speed for the fixed storage was estimated based on the actual strength of connection part of the storage and the ground by the assembly test for the purpose of estimating the damage generated wind speed and adding it to the JEF scale.
