Seismic damage investigation and analysis on rural buildings in Wenchuan earthquake

Wenchuan earthquake resulted in a lot of houses in villages or towns damage or collapse.To understand the primary weakness of rural houses,the typical construction form is introduced,and the typical building damage form in towns and villages caused by Wenchuan earthquake is investigated.Furthermore,several seismic fortification measures and suggestions about reconstruction are proposed.The conclusions are drawn through the seismic damage investigation and analysis on the rural buildings in this earthquake that rural buildings have some shortages on seismic fortification measures and the applied seismic technologies for these buildings should be summarized systematically.In order to improve the seismic capability of rural buildings,more fully state codes should be presented as soon as possible.