Gravity Load Collapse of Reinforced Concrete Columns with Brittle Failure Modes

• DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.1.21
• Publication Date: 2010-03-24T02:03:33Z
• Authors: Takaya Nakamura; Manabu Yoshimura
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0201 civil engineering

During the 1995 Kobe earthquake, dozens of concrete buildings suffered complete collapse at an interme-diate story. Such collapse is believed to have occurred due to the gravity load collapse follo...