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,
coupled with vertical split of the building at
midline
ollapse of the upper stories of this Gandhidham apartment building was due to plan irregular
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