Reducing the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings: Assessment and Retrofit

• Main Author: Silva, Rui (auth)
• Other Authors: Ferreira, Tiago Miguel (auth), Mendes, Nuno (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2019
• Subjects: History of engineering & technology; brittle failure; earthquakes scenarios; n/a; FRP; joints; neural networks; pushover; seismic performance; infilled frames; carpentry halved joint; inter-storey drift; safety assessment; seismic risk; high-rise RC; discrete elements; seismic vulnerability assessment; limit analysis; seismic capacity; Geo-hazard site effects; automatic protocols; numerical modelling; seismic retrofit; retrofit; numerical modeling; Imzouren; finite element modelling; Expected damage scenario; masonry structures; large-scale vulnerability analysis; seismic restoration; vulnerability assessment; earthquakes; unreinforced masonry structure; frame-infill interaction; CARTIS form; seismic analysis; nonlinear static analysis; Seismic attenuation law; seismic behavior; seismic retrofitting; damage assessment; capacity curves; energy dissipation; mobile-device applications; in situ structural diagnosis; vulnerability index; Vulnerability assessment; GIS mapping; Gorkha earthquake
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Devastating seismic events occurring all over the world keep raising the awareness of the scientific, technical and political communities to the need of identifying assets at risk and developing more effective and cost-efficient seismic risk mitigation strategies. Significant advances in earthquake...