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Extending displacement-based earthquake loss assessment (DBELA) for the computation of fragility curves

, 2012
This paper presents a new procedure to derive fragility functions for populations of buildings that relies on the displacement-based earthquake loss assessment (DBELA) methodology.
SILVA MOURA PINHO, RUI JORGE, Varum, H., Pinho, R., V. Silva, H. Crowley, Crowley, H., H. Varum, Silva, V.   +7 more
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Sensitivity of 3D Base‐Isolated Buildings to Individual Isolator Variability

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Variability in elastomeric isolators arises from differences in rubber formulation and curing, leading to noticeable changes in stiffness and damping among nominally identical bearings. While most previous studies have examined global isolator variability associated with environmental or aging effects, individual isolator variability has ...
Norouz Jahan, Niel C. Van Engelen
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Damage Evaluation and Seismic Assessment of a Typical Historical Unreinforced Masonry Building in the Zagreb 2020 Earthquake: A Case Study—Part I

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The city of Zagreb, the national capital and economic hub of Croatia, is situated in a seismically active region and hosts a significant array of historical buildings, from the medieval to Austro-Hungarian periods.
Mario Uroš, Marija Demšić, Marta Šavor Novak, Josip Atalić, Maja Baniček, Romano Jevtić Rundek, Ivan Duvnjak, Janko Košćak, Ante Pilipović, Snježan Prevolnik   +9 more
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Assessment of seismic performance of adobe structures in Pakistan and Portugal

, 2012
Adobe buildings exist in different parts of the world. The construction of these buildings can be carried out economically, using locally available materials and skills that do not require use of modern machinery.
Silveira, D., Lodi, S. H., Varum, H., Ahmed, M., Alam, N., Rafi, M. M.   +5 more
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The El Masnou Infralittoral sedimentary environment (Barcelona province, NW Mediterranean Sea): morphology and Holocene seismic stratigraphy

, 2010
A detailed analysis of the morphology and the Holocene seismic and sequence stratigraphy and architecture of the infralittoral sedimentary environment of the El Masnou coast (Catalonia, NW Mediterranean Sea) was carried out using multibeam bathymetry and
Alonso, Belén (Alonso Martínez), Farran, Marcel-lí, Farrán, Marcel·li, Ercilla, Gemma, Durán, Ruth, Alonso, Belén, Estrada, Ferran, Casas Layola, David, Casas, David, Nuez, Marta, Farran Vert, Marcel·lí, Estrada Llàcer, Ferran   +11 more
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Concept, Tests, and Optimum Design of Novel Negative Stiffness Friction Dampers for Seismic Protection of Long‐Span Bridges

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Viscous dampers (VDs) are widely used to mitigate the excessive responses of long‐span bridges. However, VDs face some intricate challenges in engineering practices, including high damping coefficient requirement, potential base shear amplification and tremendous damping force under high velocity. To address these issues, this study develops a
Ruisheng Ma, Shaodong Jiang, Kun Xu, Qiang Han, Xiuli Du, Kaiming Bi   +5 more
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Seismic Assessment of RC Bridge Columns Retrofitted with Near-Surface Mounted Shape Memory Alloy Technique. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2020
Abbass A, Attarnejad R, Ghassemieh M.
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Seismic vulnerability assessment: Methodological elements and applications to the case of Romania

This paper is intended to present some studies undertaken in order to develop a seismic vulnerability estimation system to fit the needs of development of earthquake scenarios and of development of an integrated disaster risk management system for ...
Pomonis, A., Georgescu, E. S., Francis, S., Borcia, I. S., Mohindra, R., Sandi, H.   +5 more
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Operational Modal Analysis for Seismic Protection of Structures

, 2008
This thesis focuses on output-only modal identification tests and on the opportunities they provide in the field of seismic protection of structures. The problem of a good measurement process, in order to obtain high quality data and reliable results ...
Rainieri, Carlo
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Seismic Structural Reliability by Time‐Variant Fragility Functions

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The seismic vulnerability of aging structures is often represented in the form of fragility curves that vary with time. On one hand, each of these functions is intended to apply if the earthquake hits at the time the fragility refers to. On the other hand, performance‐based earthquake engineering (PBEE) resources to classical probabilistic ...
Iunio Iervolino
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