To design and construct buildings resistive to tsunami loads, quantitative evaluations of tsunami load applicable to structural design is most essential. The practical design load for tsunami shelters proposed by The Building Center of Japan in 2004 were examined through surveys of structures after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004. Nonetheless researches on tsunami load against structures based on damage observations are yet insufficient. In this paper, structures that experienced the G
To design and construct buildings resistive to tsunami loads, quantitative evaluations of tsunami load applicable to structural design is most essential. The practical design load for tsunami shelters proposed by The Building Center of Japan in 2004 were examined through surveys of structures after the Indian Ocean Tsunami in December 2004. Nonetheless researches on tsunami load against structures based on damage observations are yet insufficient. In this paper, structures that experienced the G