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- Structural & Geotechnical Engineering
- Earthquake Engineering
- photos courtesy of Dr. David Lau, Carleton University
Damage to Building Structures
- Collapse of the first storey and damage due to pounding between adjacent buildings during the Kocaeli earthquake, Turkey, August 17, 1999, Magnitude 7.4
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Total pancake collapse of a building because of inadequate design at the beam-column joints during the Kocaeli earthquake, Turkey, August 17, 1999, Magnitude 7.4
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- Collapse of a department store building in a shopping mall because of punching shear failure at the slab-column connections during the Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994 California, Magnitude 6.8
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Collapse of the first story of a wooden residential building during the Northridge Earthquake, January 17, 1994 California, Magnitude 6.8
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- Collapse of a high-rise building because of failure of the columns at the first storey during the Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, September 20, 1999, Magnitude 7.6
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Overturning collapse of a high-rise building during the Chi-Chi earthquake, Taiwan, September 20, 1999, Magnitude 7.6
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