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Bin Chi, Yuhu Quan, Fenglai Wang and Xu Yang
Prestressing technology is an effective way to improve the seismic performance of masonry structures such as concrete masonry wall. Therefore, bonded prestressing technology applied to integrated concrete masonry wall (ICMW) was proposed in this study, a...
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Luigi Sorrentino and Linda Giresini
This paper presents a safety tool to assess the risk of road blockage during and after emergency situations, mainly due to earthquakes. This method can be used by public authorities to calculate the risk of road paths prone to blockage in case of seismic...
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Fahriye Akar, Ercan Isik, Fatih Avcil, Aydin Büyüksaraç, Enes Arkan and Rabia Izol
On 6 February 2023, two independent earthquake pairs on the East Anatolian Fault Zone, with epicenters in Pazarcik (Mw = 7.7) and Elbistan (Mw = 7.6) districts of Kahramanmaras province, caused great destruction. Adiyaman and Gölbasi districts of this ci...
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Bimkubwa Seif Ali, Juan Jose Castro, Shogo Omi and Karishma Nazimi
Ancient civilizations have imprinted their legacy on Zanzibar Stone Town through the construction of revered stone masonry buildings, which are experiencing rapid deterioration due to severe ambient environmental impacts. In response to these challenges,...
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Faris Tre?njo, Mustafa Humo, Filippo Casarin and Naida Ademovic
Minarets, tall structures, connected or not to the mosque attract attention due to their specific architectural features. Vulnerability to seismic damage has been witnessed throughout history on tall and slender structures after earthquake ground motions...
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Ivan Hafner, Tomislav Ki?icek and Matija Gams
The seismic strengthening of buildings in earthquake-prone areas has been a hot topic in recent years, especially for masonry structures. Because there are so many masonry structures and because most were built before seismic codes existed, their seismic...
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Francesco Esposito, Mario Argenziano, Diana Faiella and Elena Mele
This paper reports a study on the Intermediate Isolation System (IIS) applied to existing buildings. This kind of application is particularly suitable when a vertical addition is planned for buildings in seismic zones; in such a case, an isolation system...
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Annalaura Vuoto, Marco Francesco Funari and Paulo B. Lourenço
Undoubtedly, heritage buildings serve as essential embodiments of the cultural richness and diversity of the world?s states, and their conservation is of the utmost importance. Specifically, the protection of the structural integrity of these buildings i...
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Irene Puncello and Silvia Caprili
The relevant losses determined by recent earthquakes stressed the vulnerability of historical masonry constructions towards horizontal seismic actions, therefore highlighting the need for reliable approaches for the structural assessment and following re...
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Olga Mavrouli, Athanasia D. Skentou, Josep Maria Carbonell, Markos Z. Tsoukalas, M. Amparo Núñez-Andrés and Panagiotis G. Asteris
Although the principal aim of the rockfall management is to prevent rock boulders from reaching the buildings instead of the buildings resisting the boulder impacts, there usually exists a residual risk that has to be assessed, even when structural prote...
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