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Structural Damage of Tohoku Shinkansen Viaducts by the Off the Pacific Tohoku Earthquake (English Translation)

February 12, 2018

By Yoshikazu Takahashi. (English translation by Shunsuke Otani).

March 16, 2011. Kyoto University.

Dr. Takahashi investigated the structural damage of the Tohoku Shinkansen viaducts from Kitakami station to Inohana No. 5 Viaducts on March 15 by the off the Pacific Tohoku Earthquake. This portion of viaducts was severely damaged by the 2003 South Sanriku Earthquake.