Reconnaissance Report on Damages to Buildings due to the Mid-Java
Earthquake (May 27, 2006)
By H. Kuramoto and M. Maeda
Concrete Journal, Vol.44, No.12, Dec. 2006
- Synopsis
- A reconnaissance team was organized to investigate the damages to RC buildings
and housings due to a strong earthquake occurred in mid Java Island, Indonesia,
at 5:53 local time, May 27, 2006. The main objective was to analyze major
factors of the earthquake damages through the field survey on the structural
planning, construction condition and site condition of the damaged buildings.
The field survey was conducted by focusing (1) RC buildings in Yogyakarta
city and (2) school buildings and the surrounding brick masonry housings in
Bantul area. The earthquake damage to RC buildings in Yogyakarta city is different
by a region and categorized into (1) the site damage, (2) the damage of a
roof due to the lack of tie beams and (3) the story collapse due to the worse
structural planning and relatively large earthquake input. The damage ratio
of the brick masonry housings is severer than that of school buildings in
Bantul area. This paper outlines the field survey and results of t!
he examination. - Keywords:
- the Mid-Java Earthquake, damage investigation, RC buildings, school buildings, residences with brick walls
