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Earthquake damage

Earthquake damage at a building column base, Turkey in 1999

Earthquake damage, including concrete spalling and plastic hinging at the column base, to a building in Turkey in 1999.

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Rights: National Information Service for Earthquake Engineering (NISEE)
Published: 21 July 2007Size: 254.5 KB
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