Some lessons learned from post‐earthquake damage survey of structures in Bam, Iran earthquake of 2003

2005 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 180-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Mehrabian ◽  
Achintya Haldar
Keyword(s):  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Damage Survey

Tornado damage in context: Lessons learned from the May 5, 2002, storm in Happy, Texas

2004 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 24
Author(s):  
William Monfredo, PhD
Keyword(s):  
Lessons Learned ◽  
The Other ◽  
Damage Survey ◽  
Slow Start ◽  
Mobile Homes ◽  
Complete Destruction ◽  
Total Destruction ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Media ◽  
Tornado Damage

After a slow start to the 2002 tornado season, a tornado impacted the western and extreme southern sections of Happy, Texas. A damage survey was conducted within 24 hours. This article explores how the context in which a tornado occurs influences how the media portrays the event. Broadcasters covering the Happy, Texas storm included images of what appeared to be total destruction. However, most of the structures performed remarkably well during this fundamentally weak tornado. On the other hand, the complete destruction of a few mobile homes resulted in two deaths and an F2 rating on the Fujita scale. This raises issues concerning tornado intensity forecasts as well as the use of automobiles as shelters for residents of mobile homes located in the path of weak tornadoes.

scholarly journals Enseñanzas de casos de inspección en sótanos

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 104-113
Author(s):  
O. Troconis de Rincón ◽  
M. Sánchez ◽  
V. Millano ◽  
J. Bravo ◽  
S. Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Saline Water ◽  
Chloride Ions ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structures ◽  
Damage Survey ◽  
Electrochemical Tests ◽  
Structural Problems ◽  
Physical Chemical ◽  
Different Types

RESUMENEste trabajo muestra las enseñanzas obtenidas al evaluar y diagnosticar problemas por corrosión y estructurales en varios sótanos de diferentes tipos de edificaciones, ubicadas cerca y lejos de la costa. En este se reportan los resultados obtenidos de esta inspección, de los cuales se encuentran: levantamiento de daños, ensayos físico-químicos, mecánicos y electroquímicos que permitieron caracterizar el concreto y los daños por corrosión que puedan comprometer a las estructuras evaluadas. Dado que en la mayoría de los casos los sótanos se utilizan como estacionamientos, los problemas de corrosión se deben, en general, a la carbonatación del concreto. No obstante, este efecto se potenció por niveles freáticos altos y presencia de bolsas de agua salina ubicadas en el subsuelo del sótano, lo cual permitió no solo el ingreso del agua sino también de los iones cloruros hacia el concreto. En este trabajo se muestra la evaluación, así como las recomendaciones de las acciones a tomar para extender su vida en servicio.Palabras Clave: Corrosión; sótanos; concreto armado; evaluación; rehabilitaciónABSTRACTThis paper shows the lessons learned in evaluating and diagnosing corrosion and structural problems in several basements of different types of buildings located near and far from the coast. The results of this inspection are reported. They include: damage survey, physical-chemical, mechanical and electrochemical tests; all of which allowed characterizing the concrete and corrosion damages that could compromise the structures evaluated. Since in most cases the basements are used as parking lots, corrosion problems are due, in general, to the carbonation of concrete. However, this effect is potentiated by high freatic levels and the presence of saline water bags located in the subsoil of the basement, which allowed not only the ingress of water but also of chloride ions into concrete. This paper shows the evaluation and recommendations of actions to be taken to extend the service life of the reinforced concrete structures evaluated.Keywords: Corrosion; basements; reinforced concrete; evaluation; rehabilitation.

Proposal and Practice of Comprehensive Disaster Mitigation Depending on Communities in Preservation Districts for Traditional Buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 857-873 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hajime Yokouchi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Great East Japan Earthquake ◽  
Disaster Mitigation ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

We present a methodology for systematizing and implementing comprehensive disaster mitigation based on having communities target the preservation districts of traditional buildings. After discussing the background for this study, we introduce comprehensive disaster mitigation based on communities based on lessons learned from the relationship of stakeholders and earthquake damage sustained by Sakuragawa city’s Makabe traditional building district, in the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake. We then demonstrate the effectiveness of using social networks connected to community tradition and culture as their core, i.e., as a way for implementing our proposed practical comprehensive disaster mitigation in Tochigi city’s Kauemon-cho traditional building district.

The Seismic Reinforcement Measures of through Type Timber Frame Joint Based on the Earthquake Damage Survey

2013 ◽  
Vol 671-674 ◽  
pp. 1380-1385
Author(s):  
Ling Xu Li ◽  
Zhong Tao ◽  
Liang Bin Qin ◽  
Mo Zhu ◽  
Rui Tian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Soil Structure ◽  
Yunnan Province ◽  
Seismic Damage ◽  
Field Investigation ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Damage Survey ◽  
Timber Frame ◽  
Wooden Structure ◽  
Reinforcement Measures

Via the field investigation about farm building built on rural areas after the 2009, Ms=6.0 Yaoan earthquake in Yunnan province, China, the seismic damage of raw-soil structure and wooden structure have been put forward. Additionally, combined with the earthquake damage survey about the 1996 Lijiang and 2007 Ninger earthquake in Yunnan province, the seismic reinforcement schemes are proposed and appropriate costs are analyzed.

scholarly journals The 2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake: Insights from Earthquake Damage Survey

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsuichiro Goda ◽  
Takashi Kiyota ◽  
Rama Mohan Pokhrel ◽  
Gabriele Chiaro ◽  
Toshihiko Katagiri ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Damage Survey ◽  
Nepal Earthquake ◽  
2015 Gorkha Nepal Earthquake

Lessons Learned From Coaching Postsecondary Students With Traumatic Brain Injury

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 88-96
Author(s):  
Mary R. T. Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Sense Of Self ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Sudden Onset ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
The Brain ◽  
Exhaustive List

Purpose The purpose of this clinical focus article is to provide speech-language pathologists with a brief update of the evidence that provides possible explanations for our experiences while coaching college students with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Method The narrative text provides readers with lessons we learned as speech-language pathologists functioning as cognitive coaches to college students with TBI. This is not meant to be an exhaustive list, but rather to consider the recent scientific evidence that will help our understanding of how best to coach these college students. Conclusion Four lessons are described. Lesson 1 focuses on the value of self-reported responses to surveys, questionnaires, and interviews. Lesson 2 addresses the use of immediate/proximal goals as leverage for students to update their sense of self and how their abilities and disabilities may alter their more distal goals. Lesson 3 reminds us that teamwork is necessary to address the complex issues facing these students, which include their developmental stage, the sudden onset of trauma to the brain, and having to navigate going to college with a TBI. Lesson 4 focuses on the need for college students with TBI to learn how to self-advocate with instructors, family, and peers.

Experiences With and Lessons Learned From Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating a Support Program for Older Hearing Aid Users and Their Communication Partners in the Hearing Aid Dispensing Setting

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (3S) ◽  
pp. 638-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janine F. J. Meijerink ◽  
Marieke Pronk ◽  
Sophia E. Kramer
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Research Note ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Large Sample Size ◽  
Long Term Effects ◽  
Communication Program ◽  
Communication Partners

Purpose The SUpport PRogram (SUPR) study was carried out in the context of a private academic partnership and is the first study to evaluate the long-term effects of a communication program (SUPR) for older hearing aid users and their communication partners on a large scale in a hearing aid dispensing setting. The purpose of this research note is to reflect on the lessons that we learned during the different development, implementation, and evaluation phases of the SUPR project. Procedure This research note describes the procedures that were followed during the different phases of the SUPR project and provides a critical discussion to describe the strengths and weaknesses of the approach taken. Conclusion This research note might provide researchers and intervention developers with useful insights as to how aural rehabilitation interventions, such as the SUPR, can be developed by incorporating the needs of the different stakeholders, evaluated by using a robust research design (including a large sample size and a longer term follow-up assessment), and implemented widely by collaborating with a private partner (hearing aid dispensing practice chain).

Maximizing Outcomes in Group Treatment of Aphasia: Lessons Learned From a Community-Based Center

2014 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-105 ◽  
Author(s):  
Darlene Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Group Treatment ◽  
Treatment Protocol ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Group Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Multiple Treatment ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Communication Impairments ◽  
Treatment Settings

Given the potential of long term intervention to positively influence speech/language and psychosocial domains, a treatment protocol was developed at the Stroke Comeback Center which addresses communication impairments arising from chronic aphasia. This article presents the details of this program including the group purposes and principles, the use of technology in groups, and the applicability of a group program across multiple treatment settings.

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