“杀人的不是地震,而是建筑。”这是地震灾害学中的一句名言。为了抗震,日本人在房屋建筑上下足了功夫。木结构建筑在日本,80%以上的普通住宅都是木结构,而中高层建筑则以钢结构为主。从原理上说,木结构是一种柔性结构,且韧性大,在房屋承受地震作用引起晃动时,木结构可以吸收并很好地释放能量,不容易散开和松动。如在1995年的神户大地震中,保留下来的房屋大部分是木结构房屋。 “It's not an earthquake, but a building that kills people.” This is a famous saying in earthquake disaster science. In order to resist earthquakes, Japanese people made a lot of effort in housing construction. Wood Construction In Japan, more than 80% of ordinary residential buildings are made of wood, while high-rise buildings are mainly made of steel. In principle, the wood structure is a flexible structure, and its toughness is large. When the house is subjected to shaking caused by seismic action, the wood structure can absorb and release energy well and can not easily scatter and loosen. As in the 1995 Kobe earthquake, most of the remaining houses were wooden houses.