Building damage classification used in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake (IMAGE)

Hiroshima University

Building damage classification used in the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake

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A comparison of the damage scales used by the Architectural Institute of Japan or AIJ scale and the European Macroseismic Scale or EMS-98. Hiroshima University researchers trained the AI to classify D0-D1 damage as non-collapse while D5-D6 is interpreted as collapsed.

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Hiroyuki Miura

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