An analysis of the failure of the columns of a 600 metre length of the Hanshin elevated expressway during the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5459/bnzsee.29.2.73-82Abstract
An analysis of the failure of the reinforced concrete columns of a 600 m length of the Hanshin elevated expressway in Kobe which collapsed during the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 17 January 1995 is presented.
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