
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Performance of buildings and other structures during the Tohoku Tsunami
I.N. Robertson
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
G. Chock
Martin & Chock, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
ABSTRACT: In April, 2011, the American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE, sponsored a team of engineers
to survey tsunami effects on structures along the Tohoku coastline of Japan. The team was lead by Gary Chock,
S.E., and consisted of 7 members of the recently formed ASCE 7 subcommittee on Tsunami Loads and ...