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The main building of Uto City Hall was constructed in 1965 and severely damaged in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. In the present article, the damage observed is described and discussed. First, observations of damage to the outside of the building are described. Based on the first damage observation, a damage surveillance mission using a mobile rescue robot was planned and carried out. From these observations, it can be concluded that most of the structural damage in the main building was concentrated on the fourth and fifth stories. Some of the columns on the fourth floor had lost the axial strength capacity to sustain vertical loads.
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First, the authors wish to express respectful regret for those who suffered losses in Kumamoto and Oita prefectures because of these earthquakes, and hope that they can overcome this disaster as soon as possible. The authors wish to thank the staff of “Mr. Sunday,” a news talk program broadcast by Fuji Television Network, Japan. This paper is based on an investigation done through cooperation with the staff of “Mr. Sunday.” During the investigation, Uto City Hall officials provided original structural designs and other material related to the main buildings. For the preparation of this paper, the photographs published by Google Earth were used.
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Fujii, K., Yoshida, T., Nishimura, T., Furuta, T. (2020). Observations of Damage to Uto City Hall Suffered in the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. In: Köber, D., De Stefano, M., Zembaty, Z. (eds) Seismic Behaviour and Design of Irregular and Complex Civil Structures III. Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-33532-8_32
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