Toshimi Kabeyasawa

Effect of Infill Masonry Walls on the Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Subjected to the 2003 Bam Earthquake Strong Motion : A Case Study of Bam Telephone Center (2004)

Hossein, Mostafaei, Kabeyasawa, Toshimi

The Bam telephone center building, with a nonsymmetrical reinforced concrete momentresisting frame structure, is located about 1.5km northeast of the 2003 Bam earthquake strong motion station. Based...

Investigation and Analysis of Damage to Buildings during the 2003 Bam Earthquake (2004)

Hossein, Mostafaei, Kabeyasawa, Toshimi

A brief statistical assessment of the seismic vulnerability of buildings in Iran is carried out. Based on the results, Iran is concluded to be one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to...

Damage to Buildings Caused by the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan Earthquake and Earthquake Response Analyses Using Recorded Strong Ground Motions (2000)

Sakai, Yuki, Koketsu, Kazuki, Yoshioka, Shingo, Kabeyasawa, Toshimi

The Chi-Chi, Taiwan earthquake, which occurred on 21 September, 1999, brought about severe damage. In this earthquake, many free field strong ground motion records were obtained in a wide range of...