...Randolph Langenbach, M.EERI The Arg-e-Bam (Bam Citadel; in Farsi, arg means citadel) is a remarkable example of the earthen architecture and construction that was heavily damaged in the 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake, which occurred on 26 December 2003. This paper presents the hypothesis...

... Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2005 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Intermediate Shelters in Bam and Permanent Shelter Reconstruction in Villages Following the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Bijan Khazai,a M.EERI, and Elizabeth Hausler,b M.EERI The earthquake of 26 December 2003...

...Fumio Yamazaki, M.EERI; Yoshihisa Yano, M.EERI; Masashi Matsuoka, M.EERI A strong earthquake struck the city of Bam in southeast Iran on 26 December 2003. The earthquake brought massive destruction to the city and its surrounding rural areas. QuickBird, a high-resolution satellite, captured a clear...

...Natalia Poiata; Hiroe Miyake; Kazuki Koketsu; Kazuhito Hikima Abstract The Bam earthquake ( M w 6.5) occurred on 26 December 2003 in southeastern Iran, causing a major disaster in the city of Bam. A remarkable vertical peak ground acceleration value of 988 cm/s 2 and two horizontal pulses were...

... of regression, and C 1 , C 2 , and C 3 are the coefficients to be determined by the regression. References Shoja-Taheri J. Ghofrani H. ( 2007 ). Stochastic finite-fault modeling of strong ground motions from the 26 December 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake , Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am. 97...

...Jafar Shoja-Taheri; Hadi Ghofrani Abstract On 26 December 2003, a destructive earthquake with an estimated M w 6.5 occurred in southeastern Iran, causing extensive destruction in the city of Bam and its vicinity. The source of this shock was reported to have had a right-lateral strike-slip...

...Tetsuo Tobita, M.EERI; Masakatsu Miyajima, M.EERI; Abdolhossein Fallahi, M.EERI; Reza Alaghebandian, M.EERI; Mohanmad Reza Ghayamghamian, M.EERI Seismic intensity in the epicentral area of the 2003 Bam, Iran earthquake is estimated using a questionnaire survey conducted two months after...

... Engineering Research Institute Ground-Based Damage Statistics of Buildings that Survived the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake A. S. Moghadama Damage statistics of more than 650 masonry, steel, and reinforced concrete buildings that survived the Bam earthquake are provided. Distribution and statistics...

... Elements in the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Mahmood Hosseinia Regarding the importance of nonstructural elements in the vulnerability of buildings and their seismic safety level, on one hand, and the extensive damage to some of these elements in the 26 December 2003 Bam earthquake, on the other, this paper...

...Babak Mansouri, M.EERI; Masanobu Shinozuka, M.EERI; Charles Huyck, M.EERI; Bijan Houshmand, M.EERI The recently deployed Envisat satellite collected before- and after-event imagery on the Bam, Iran, earthquake that occurred on 26 December 2003. The majority of buildings in Bam were traditional one...

... the pressure on Kerman city. Email: [email protected] 10 2 2005 29 4 2005 © 2005 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute 2005 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Search, Rescue, and Care of the Injured Following the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Hassan Movahedi,a M.EERI...

... Institute Object-Oriented Image Understanding and Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment for the 2003 Bam, Iran, Earthquake Luca Gusella,a Beverley J. Adams,b Gabriele Bitelli,a Charles K. Huyck,b M.EERI, and Alessandro Mognola This paper presents a methodology for quantifying the number of buildings...

...Kathleen Tierney, M.EERI; Bijan Khazai, M.EERI; L. Thomas Tobin, M.EERI; Frederick Krimgold, M.EERI The Bam, Iran, earthquake on 26 December 2003 took the lives of 26,271 people and left more than 20,000 injured. About 85% of the houses, commercial units, health and educational facilities...

...Mohammad Kazem Jafari; Mohammad Reza Ghayamghamian; Mohammad Davoodi; Mohsen Kamalian; Abdollah Sohrabi-Bidar The site amplification characteristics of the 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake were investigated based on geological studies as well as geophysical, microtremor and aftershock measurements...

...Sassan Eshghi; Masoud N. Ahari An earthquake with a moment magnitude of 6.5 hit the city of Bam in southern Iran at 5:26 am local time, Friday, 26 December 2003. According to the Iranian government's estimate, the earthquake caused more than 43,000 deaths, 30,000 injuries, and left 70,000 people...

...Mahmoud R. Maheri Roofs covering buildings in the city of Bam, Iran prior to the earthquake of 26 December 2003 can be categorized into three main groups: traditional masonry dome or vault, steel I-beam jack-arch system, and concrete beam-hollow block system. The collapse of nonengineered masonry...

...Masashi Matsuoka, M.EERI; Fumio Yamazaki, M.EERI A strong earthquake occurred beneath the city of Bam, Iran, on 26 December 2003. High-resolution optical satellite images, such as Ikonos and QuickBird, obtained after the earthquake indicate that severely damaged areas were widely distributed...

...Sassan Eshghi; Kiarash Naserasadi A devastating earthquake hit the city of Bam in the south of Iran at 5:26 a.m. local time, Friday, 26 December 2003. Based on the government of Iran's February estimate, the earthquake caused more than 43,000 deaths, 30,000 injuries, and left 70,000 homeless...

...M. E. Akbari; M. Asadi Lari; A. Montazeri; M. R. Aflatunian; A. A. Farshad The Bam earthquake on 26 December 2003 was one of the worst natural disasters in Iran in the last century. The Iranian health system responded immediately to the devastating earthquake in various ways including diagnosis...

...Keiko Saito, M.EERI; Robin Spence, M.EERI; Terence A. de C Foley, M.EERI Visual interpretation of the building damage distribution in Bam, Iran, caused by the earthquake on 26 December 2003 has been carried out using pre- and post-earthquake QuickBird panchromatic high-resolution satellite images...