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The EU's Strategy for Sustainability: A Landmark Turn With the European Green Deal?

European Policy Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While the European Green Deal (EGD) has been widely recognized as a milestone in the EU's sustainability strategy, scholars disagree on the nature of the policy change it represents. Critics highlight its limited social and environmental ambitions, despite its portrayal as a “man on the moon” moment.
Ekaterina Domorenok, Franco Gatti
wiley   +1 more source

Seismic Assessment Procedure for Exterior Reinforced Concrete Beam–Column Joints With Slab and Transverse Beams

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article presents a capacity‐based assessment procedure for beam–column (b–c) joints of reinforced concrete frames with floor slabs and transverse beams. The procedure extends a previously proposed assessment methodology for determining the hierarchy of strengths and the sequence of events in symmetrically reinforced planar b–c joints.
Patricio Quintana Gallo, Umut Akguzel, Weng Y. Kam, Stefano Pampanin   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Generalised Kinematic Single‐Impact and Multi‐Impact Models for Rocking Structures

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rocking motion is fundamental in earthquake engineering, as it reflects the dynamic behaviour of many structural systems. However, simulating the impacts during rocking motion remains a challenging topic, as they occur in a very short time, generate high impulsive forces, cause sudden changes in velocities and result in rapid energy losses.
Georgios Vlachakis, Carla Colombo, Anastasios I. Giouvanidis, Paulo B. Lourenço   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vulnerability to Earthquake Hazard: Bucharest Case Study, Romania

International Journal of Disaster Risk Science, 2017
Recent seismic events show that urban areas are increasingly vulnerable to seismic damage, which leads to unprecedented levels of risk. Cities are complex systems and as such their analysis requires a good understanding of the interactions between space ...
Iuliana Armaş, Dragos Toma-Danila, Radu Ionescu, Alexandru Gavriş   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cost-Effectiveness of Stronger Woodframe Buildings [PDF]

, 2005
We examine the cost-effectiveness of improvements in woodframe buildings. These include retrofits, redesign measures, and improved quality in 19 hypothetical woodframe dwellings.
Beck, James L., Porter, Keith A., Scawthorn, Charles R.   +2 more
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Covariance Structure Modeling of Engineering Demand Parameters in Cloud‐Based Seismic Analysis

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Probabilistic seismic demand modeling aims to estimate structural demand as a function of ground motion intensity—a critical stage in seismic risk assessment. Although many models exist to describe the structural demand, few consider the covariance among engineering demand parameters, potentially overlooking a key factor in improving the ...
Archie Rudman, Enrico Tubaldi, Roberto Gentile, John Douglas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quantifying Model Selection Uncertainty in Structural Analysis: Methodology and Application

Earthquake Engineering &Structural Dynamics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With increasing focus on complex engineering systems under rare events, computational models are critical for predictions due to the scarcity or absence of data. However, selecting an appropriate model can be challenging. Using a single model without available test calibration could result in significant bias in performance predictions. A case
Ya‐Heng Yang, Tracy C. Becker
wiley   +1 more source

DETERMINATION OF SEISMIC VULNERABILITY INDEX AND SEDIMENT THICKNESS USING THE HVSR METHOD IN PALU CITY AREA

Tadulako Science and Technology Journal, 2023
The Palu City area is one of the areas that are vulnerable to the impact of the earthquake, seen from the seismicity and the Palu-Koro fault. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze the seismic vulnerability index and the thickness of the sediment layer in the Palu city area.
Marwah S, null Rusydi M, null Kurniawan M, Rustan Efendi, null Rusli M, Sesa E   +5 more
openaire   +1 more source

Seismic vulnerability of churches in Faial and Pico islands, Azores [PDF]

, 2012
Earthquakes represent one of the main cause of serious damage and loss of historic and architectural heritage. Interventions to preserve these building should start with a careful knowledge and assessment of their seismic vulnerability, in order to ...
Costa, A., Curti, E., Ferreira, T., Lagomarsino, S., Magalhães, J. M., Varum, H., Vicente, R.   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Application of association rules to determine building typological classes for seismic damage predictions at regional scale. The case study of Basel [PDF]

, 2019
Assessing seismic vulnerability at large scales requires accurate attribution of individual buildings to more general typological classes that are representative of the seismic behavior of the buildings sharing same attributes. One-by-one evaluation of
Julien Thiriot, Lorenzo Diana, Lorenzo Diana, Pierino Lestuzzi, Yves Reuland   +4 more
core   +2 more sources