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Mechianism of Damage to Port Facilities during 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu Earthquake (Part 10) Dynamic Behavior of Container Crane

Publication year Port and Airport Research Institute Technical Note 0813-10 1995.09
Author(s) Yoshiharu YOSHIDA
Department
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Machinery Division Director of Machinery Division
Executive Summary

I inferred the behavior of the cranes of Kobe Port at the Hyougo-Ken-Nanbu Earthquake from their damages. I guess the cranes have acted rocking motion along the cross direction of the rails from the foot-print etc. And the most of cranes' span were widened by widening of rails' span, but some of cranes' became narrow. I estimated its cause. And also I examinated the influence of the crane anchor to the damages.

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