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U-shaped plan of commercial- residential building in Bhuj. Open ground story collapse of short wing of same building. Shear cracking in infill masonry in weak cement mortar and sandstone blocks. Collapse of a partially open ground story building in Bhuj,
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Shear cracking in infill masonry in weak cement mortar and sandstone blocks
Collapse of a partially open ground story building in Bhuj, coupled with vertical split of the building at midline
Collapse of the upper stories of this Gandhidham apartment building was due to plan irregularity
Collapse of corner owing to failure of diaphragm at the reentrant
damage to perimeter columns of building with varying lateral
Damage to small service water tank on top of RC frame building
Open ground story buildings with masonry infills only in the upper stories are subject to severe deformation demands on ground story columns.
Shear cracking of non-ductile columns of an open ground story building in Bhuj
RC elevator cores saved many buildings with open ground stories
RC columns sustained severe damage. Shutters were down at the time of the earthquake
Many open ground story buildings did not collapse, but sustained severe damage to the columns in the ground story
Shear failures in columns due to inadequate confinement reinforcement
Intermediate story collapse in the 6 story building in Bhuj