04754nam 22010093a 450 991034668040332120250203235431.09783039212583303921258310.3390/books978-3-03921-258-3(CKB)4920000000094865(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/57921(ScCtBLL)6f93edf6-17a5-44a9-a7cf-95e75ba7287b(oapen)doab57921(EXLCZ)99492000000009486520250203i20192019 uu engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierReducing The Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings : Assessment and Retrofit /Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Rui Silva, Nuno MendesMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute2019Basel, Switzerland :MDPI,2019.1 electronic resource (182 p.)9783039212576 3039212575 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 engineering research have been achieved with the rise of new technologies and techniques with potential use in risk assessment, management and mitigation. Nevertheless, there is still much to be done, particularly with regard to existing buildings, most of them built without anti-seismic provisions. The wide variety of construction and structural systems, associated with the complex behaviour of their materials, greatly limit the application of current codes and building standards to the existing building stock. To tackle this issue, there is a fundamental need for developing multidisciplinary research that can lead to the development of more sophisticated and reliable methods of analysis, as well as to improved seismic retrofitting techniques compliant with buildings conservation principles. This book intends to contribute to the aforementioned goal by stimulating the exchange of ideas and knowledge on the assessment and reduction of the seismic vulnerability of existing buildings. 10 high quality contributions authored by international experts from Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Nepal, Czech Republic and Spain are included herein. All contributions pursue the protection of existing buildings by considering the most updated methods and advanced solutions emerging from different fields of expertise. History of engineering and technologybicsscbrittle failureearthquakes scenariosFRPjointsneural networkspushoverseismic performanceinfilled framescarpentry halved jointinter-storey driftsafety assessmentseismic riskhigh-rise RCdiscrete elementsseismic vulnerability assessmentlimit analysisseismic capacityGeo-hazard site effectsautomatic protocolsnumerical modellingseismic retrofitretrofitnumerical modelingImzourenfinite element modellingExpected damage scenariomasonry structureslarge-scale vulnerability analysisseismic restorationvulnerability assessmentearthquakesunreinforced masonry structureframe-infill interactionCARTIS formseismic analysisnonlinear static analysisSeismic attenuation lawseismic behaviorseismic retrofittingdamage assessmentcapacity curvesenergy dissipationmobile-device applicationsin situ structural diagnosisvulnerability indexVulnerability assessmentGIS mappingGorkha earthquakeHistory of engineering and technologyFerreira Tiago Miguel1295535Silva RuiMendes NunoScCtBLLScCtBLLBOOK9910346680403321Reducing The Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings4318139UNINA