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Seismic Strengthening and Energy Efficiency: Towards an Integrated Approach for the Rehabilitation of Existing RC Buildings

Buildings, 2018
In Italy, most of the residential buildings (77%) were constructed before 1981, when only 25% of the national territory was classified as seismic. Further, the first provisions addressing thermal performance criteria were introduced in 1991, when about ...
Vincenzo Manfredi, Angelo Masi
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional timber frame walls: mechanical behavior analysis and retrofitting [PDF]

, 2015
Timber frame construction is characteristic of several historic city centres as well as of vernacular architecture in several countries around the world, either motivated by the availability of materials and construction traditions or by the need of ...
A.Bianco, A.Doğangün, F. F. S.Pinho, G.Tampone, J. A.França, J.Mascarenhas, O.Lueger, R.Langebach, R.Langenbach, T.Schacher   +9 more
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Seismic performance evaluation of a century‐old RC columns for railway's structural concrete

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract Since the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 in Japan, reinforced concrete (RC) has been adopted for railway bridge piers, and some of these structures, now over 100 years old, continue to support transportation in the capital city of Tokyo. Evaluating the seismic performance of these few remaining RC structures has become an urgent issue. Because
Kousuke Kuwakino, Chikako Fujiyama, Koichi Maekawa   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mainshock–Aftershock Fragility Assessments of Corroded Reinforced Concrete Structures Considering FRP Retrofitting Effect

Buildings
Corrosion in reinforced concrete (RC) structures increases seismic fragility by reducing strength, ductility, and bond integrity, which becomes critical in aging infrastructure.
Wei-Qiang Xu, Wei-Zhen Xu, Ze-Bang Guo, Da-Peng Yao, Shuai Li, Kuang-Yu Dai, Zhou Zhou   +6 more
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Seismic behaviour analysis and retrofitting of a row building [PDF]

, 2015
Rammed earth is one of the oldest building materials in the world and is present in Portugal with a particular focus in the South of the country.
Barros, R. S., Costa, A, Lourenço, Paulo B., Rodrigues, H, Varum, H, Vasconcelos, Graça   +5 more
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Seismic retrofit of buildings

Bulletin of the New Zealand Society for Earthquake Engineering, 2005
Some important aspects of the subject of the repair to and the strengthening of buildings, before and after an earthquake, are investigated in this paper. It has to be noted that, far more than that of recent constructions, many older buildings are susceptible to earthquake damage.
openaire   +2 more sources

Evaluations of the effectiveness of the near‐surface mounted steel materials in strengthening short RC wall‐like columns with openings

Structural Concrete, EarlyView.
Abstract In practice, reinforced concrete (RC) wall‐like columns often have openings to facilitate building services, which creates stress concentrations around the opening, resulting in the weakening of their load‐carrying capacity. This study proposes innovative strengthening methods using near‐surface mounted (NSM) incorporating steel materials to ...
Ahmed Hamoda, Mizan Ahmed, Mohamed Ghalla, Ahmad G. Saad, Aref A. Abadel   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Advancements in Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) Retrofitting Techniques for Seismic Resilience of Reinforced Concrete Structures

Buildings
In recent years, civil engineering has increasingly focused on utilizing fiber-reinforced polymers (FRPs) to retrofit and strengthen reinforced concrete (RC) structures.
Naser Kabashi, Milot Muhaxheri, Enes Krasniqi, Ylli Murati, Florentina Latifi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

SEISMIC DAMAGE OF BELL TOWERS [PDF]

, 2013
some studies on towers after recent earthquake in Emilia Romagna ...
Di Tommaso, Angelo
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Seismic retrofitting and health monitoring of school buildings of Cyprus [PDF]

, 2013
The vulnerability of existing buildings to seismic forces and their retrofitting is an international problem. The majority of structures in seismic-prone areas worldwide are structures that have been designed either without the consideration of seismic ...
Chrysostomou, C. Z., Georgiou, E., Kappos, A. J., Kouris, L., Kyriakides, N., Millis, M.   +5 more
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