A critical review of retrofitting methods for unreinforced masonry structures

S Bhattacharya, S Nayak, SC Dutta - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2014 - Elsevier
Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are common throughout Latin America, the
Himalayan region, Eastern Europe, Indian subcontinent and other parts of Asia. It has been …

Earthquake safety in India: achievements, challenges and opportunities

SK Jain - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2016 - Springer
The Indian subcontinent has suffered some of the greatest earthquakes in the world. The
earthquakes of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries triggered a number of early …

An environmental perspective of the post-tsunami scenario along the coast of Tamil Nadu, India: Role of sand dunes and forests

A Mascarenhas, S Jayakumar - Journal of environmental management, 2008 - Elsevier
An endeavor to feel the pulse of a coast devastated by a powerful oceanographic event is
made. Results of field investigations along Tamil Nadu seaside revealed that the tsunami of …

Effects of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the Indian mainland

A Sheth, S Sanyal, A Jaiswal… - Earthquake spectra, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The 26 December 2004 tsunami significantly affected the coastal regions of southern
peninsular India. About 8,835 human lives were lost in the tsunami in mainland India, with …

Experimental and numerical modeling of tsunami force on bridge decks

TL Lau, T Ohmachi, S Inoue… - Tsunami—A growing …, 2011 - books.google.com
Tsunamis are destructive waves which contain a series of long period waves. These waves
propagate at very high speed and travel transoceanic distance with very litter energy losses …

Evaluation of trace-metal enrichments from the 26 December 2004 tsunami sediments along the Southeast coast of India

S Srinivasalu, N Thangadurai, MP Jonathan… - Environmental …, 2008 - Springer
The tsunami sediments deposited after the December 2004 tsunami were sampled
immediately in the coastal environment of Tamil Nadu State on the southeast coast of India …

Impact of great December 26, 2004 Sumatra earthquake and tsunami on structures in Port Blair

HB Kaushik, SK Jain - Journal of performance of constructed …, 2007 - ascelibrary.org
This paper reports on the effects of the great Sumatra earthquake and tsunami of December
26, 2004, in and around Port Blair, the capital city of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands …

Performance of harbour structures in Andaman Islands during 2004 Sumatra earthquake

G Mondal, DC Rai - Engineering Structures, 2008 - Elsevier
The devastating Mw 9.1 Sumatra earthquake on 26 December 2004 and subsequent
tsunami caused severe damages to harbour structures which caused delay in supply of …

[图书][B] Environmental studies

BS Chauhan - 2008 - books.google.com
This book is intended to meet the academic requirements of the subject'Environmental
Studies' for undergraduate students in Indian and overseas universities. The contents have …

Ostracods as tsunami tracers in Holocene sequences

F Ruiz, M Abad, LM Cáceres, JR Vidal, MI Carretero… - Quaternary …, 2010 - Elsevier
This review analyses the ostracod record in Holocene tsunami deposits, using an overview
of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami impact on its recent populations and the associated …