Seismic risk quantification and GIS-based seismic risk maps for Dubai-UAE_Dataset [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2021 The data provided in this article quantifies the potential seismic losses in multi-story buildings located in Dubai, UAE. Besides, it developed GIS-based seismic risk maps, which form essential inputs towards the seismic resilience of buildings.
Mohammad AlHamaydeh +3 more
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Risk-Based Multiobjective Optimal Seismic Design for RC Piers Using the Response Surface Method and NSGA-II [PDF]
Advances in Civil Engineering, 2021 In this paper, a risk-based multiobjective optimal seismic design method for reinforced concrete (RC) piers is proposed. This method is used to determine the size and reinforcement ratios of piers to minimize the seismic risk of bridge systems and the ...
Sicong Hu +4 more
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Criteria-based visualization design for hazard maps [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2023 Probabilistic seismic hazard estimates are a key ingredient of earthquake risk mitigation strategies and are often communicated through seismic hazard maps.
M. Schneider +3 more
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Variable-resolution building exposure modelling for earthquake and tsunami scenario-based risk assessment: an application case in Lima, Peru [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2021 We propose the use of variable resolution boundaries based on central Voronoi tessellations (CVTs) to spatially aggregate building exposure models for risk assessment to various natural hazards.
J. C. Gomez-Zapata +10 more
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Earthquake building damage detection based on synthetic-aperture-radar imagery and machine learning [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2023 This article presents a framework for semi-automated building damage assessment due to earthquakes from remote-sensing data and other supplementary datasets, while also leveraging recent advances in machine-learning algorithms.
A. Rao +6 more
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Review of Methodologies for Displacement Checks in Modern Seismic Design Codes
Buildings, 2023 This review paper discusses the procedures for evaluating the design displacement given in various design codes from seismically prone countries around the world (the United States, New Zealand, Chile, Japan, Greece, Italy, Iran, India, Turkey, and ...
Florin Pavel, Radu Vacareanu
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Seismic Risk Assessment for Elements of the Electric Network in Romania
Buildings, 2022 This study is focused on the assessment of the seismic risk for elements of the electric network (thermoelectric powerplants and substations) in Romania.
Florin Pavel, Radu Vacareanu
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Remote structural characterization of thousands of buildings from San Jose, Costa Rica
Frontiers in Built Environment, 2022 The present work shows the implementation of a data collection strategy for characterizing large amounts of buildings efficiently by the conduction of remote surveys on 360° panoramic images and aerial photographs. A set of 7,296 buildings from the Latin
Luis C. Esquivel-Salas +5 more
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ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, 2022 Efforts have been made in the past to enhance building exposure models on a regional scale with increasing spatial resolutions by integrating different data sources.
Juan Camilo Gómez Zapata +3 more
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Scenario-based multi-risk assessment from existing single-hazard vulnerability models. An application to consecutive earthquakes and tsunamis in Lima, Peru [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2023 Multi-hazard risk assessments for building portfolios exposed to earthquake shaking followed by a tsunami are usually based on empirical vulnerability models calibrated on post-event surveys of damaged buildings.
J. C. Gómez Zapata +10 more
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