The Analysis of Building Damage and Reinforcement in Wenchuan County Caused by the May 12,2008 Earthquake

On the basis of the appraisal reports of earthquake damage from 522 buildings in 11 districts of Wenchuan county(Weizhou town)after the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake,earthquake damage and statistic in Wenchuan earthquake species was introduced.The damage features of multistory buildings of different kinds were summarized and analyzed.The results showed that the building collapse was less.However,the buildings were heavily damaged.The results indicated that the seismic capacity of RC frame buildings was stronger than those of brick buildings,timber structures and stone masonry structures.The damage to high-rise buildings was slighter than that to low-rise buildings.Based on the damage to buildings during Wenchuan earthquake,the different kinds of the damaged building reinforcement was made statistical analysis.The building reinforcement problems are need to be solved and some suggestions are given.