Joint report on 1995 Kobe earthquake.

Serial number 15

KOBEnet: a voluntary information network for earthquake disaster mitigation -- Attenuation characteristics of seismic ground motion in the 1995 Hyogoken-nambu earthquake -- Back analyses of soil retaining walls for railway embankments damaged by the 1995 Hyogoken-nambu earthquake -- Liquefaction, ground deformation and their related damage to structures -- Granular soil deformations built up during an intense earthquake -- Simulation of collapse process of elevated expressway bridges due to the 1995 Kobe earthquake -- Earthquake response analysis of the Higashi-Kobe Bridge -- Codes we don't want to crack: how seismic design and building codes have helped reduce the damage caused by earthquakes -- Seismic capacity of reinforced concrete buildings damaged by 1995 Hyogoken-nambu earthquake -- The effect of vertical excitation on structural response seismic characteristics -- Demonstration of effectiveness of seismic isolation in the Hanshin-Awaji earthquake and progress of application of base-isolated buildings -- Quick inspections of damaged buildings due to 1995 Hyogoken-nambu earthquake -- Needs to evaluate real seismic performance of buildings: lessons from the 1995 Hyogoken-nambu earthquake -- Recent seismic retrofit techniques of existing RC buildings in Japan -- The Kobe earthquake and its implication in earthquake insurance in Japan -- Potential seismic risk assessment of urban cities based on macro-zonation concept