S101011 JSME investigation activity on seismic damage of mechanical structures by the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake

Quantifying tsunami impact on industrial facilities and production capacity in ports: An application to Sendai Port, Japan

“…The following events were considered as case studies to illustrate the objectives of the study: The 2011 Great East Japan earthquake and its subsequent tsunami; 2016 November and 2021 February earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis; 2021 March and May earthquakes (Table 1). Many industrial facilities, including critical infrastructure, were reported to be affected and/or badly damaged by the 2011 event [7]. A post-2011 tsunami survey carried out by the Tohoku Regional Development Bureau [8] found only 13% of the 233 companies in ports along the eastern coastline of the Tohoku region to be unaffected by the earthquake and tsunami.…”

Seismic retrofit design and risk assessment of an irregular thermal power plant building

“…Earthquake, as a destructive natural disaster, needs to be considered into the structural design of industrial plant buildings. The reconnaissance reports for recent seismic events such as Bam earthquake in 2003, Chile earthquake in 2010, Great East Japan earthquake in 2011, and Emila earthquake in 2012 pointed out the high vulnerability of industrial plants would cause life threatening, economical losses, and environmental contamination after the earthquakes. Seismic damages were observed both in structural and nonstructural components such as column supports, girders, mechanical equipment, piping systems, and storage racks.…”