15WCEE | Damage to Steel Educational Facilities in the 2011 East Japan Earthquake: Part 1 outline of the Reconnaissance and Damage to Major Structural Components [pdf]

On 11 March 2011, the strong ground motion and tsunami caused by the East Japan Earthquake, which occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, induced extensive damage along the Pacific coast. A series of reconnaissance on steel educational facilities were conducted in Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki, Chiba, and Tochigi prefectures from April to June 2011. The buildings were categorized according to the year of construction and date of retrofit, and the damage of each group was examined. In th