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Rafael Ramírez Eudave, Daniel Rodrigues, Tiago Miguel Ferreira and Romeu Vicente
The characterisation of the seismic vulnerability of historical constructions represents a complex problem in which the typological variability, the difficulty of performing reliable large-scale assessments and dealing with a large database all play a ro...
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Giovanna Concu, Mariangela Deligia and Mauro Sassu
Several Italian cities are characterized by the presence of centuries-old historic walls, which have a cultural heritage value and, due to their structural role as a retaining wall, often influence the safety of adjacent buildings and infrastructure. Anc...
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Francisco Grajales-Saavedra, Alexis Mojica, Carlos Ho, Krysna Samudio, George Mejía, Saddy Li, Larisa Almengor, Roberto Miranda and Melisabel Muñoz
The City of David constitutes one of the most important commercial centers of the Republic of Panama. However, it is located on a coastal plane, close to an area with high seismic activity and has been affected by significant earthquakes (18 July 1934, M...
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?eljana Nikolic, Elena Benvenuti and Luka Runjic
The seismic risk assessment of existing urban areas provides important information for the process of seismic risk reduction in different phases of planning and emergency management. Between different large-scale assessment approaches, a vulnerability in...
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Yange Li, Tianyu Wang, Zheng Han, Weidong Wang and Jianling Huang
As a new construction mode, the prefabricated building is the main direction of the transformation and upgrading process of the Chinese construction industry. In an earthquake area, prefabricated building damage is often reported; therefore, it is import...
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Kevin Sebastián Ballesteros-Salazar, Diego German Caizaguano-Montero, Ana Gabriela Haro-Báez and Theofilos Toulkeridis
The current study is based on the analysis and adaptation of a Federal Emergency Management Agency guide, FEMA P-1000, from the USA to improve school safety against natural hazards by applying the guide to the infrastructure of Ecuadorian schools, focusi...
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Alon Urlainis and Igal M. Shohet
Fragility curves are a common tool to appraise the expected damage to critical infrastructure (CI) after an earthquake event. Previous studies offer fragility curve parameters for CI that are suitable for a vast range of systems, without an in-depth exam...
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Naveed Ahmad, Muhammad Rizwan, Babar Ilyas, Sida Hussain, Muhammad Usman Khan, Hamna Shakeel and Muhammad Ejaz Ahmad
The paper discusses how joint damage and deterioration affect the seismic response of existing reinforced concrete frames with sub-standard beam?column joints. The available simplified modeling techniques are critically reviewed to propose a robust, yet ...
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Assunta Paola Piccolo, Giovanna Longobardi and Antonio Formisano
The paper discusses the seismic vulnerability of structures susceptible to overcrowding due to their intended use. Specifically, it addresses the analysis towards earthquake actions of a masonry school located in the Municipality of San Giorgio a Cremano...
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Válter Xavier, Rita Couto, Ricardo Monteiro, José Miguel Castro and Rita Bento
As many European countries, the Portuguese territory is a region of moderate seismicity, and a large part of its building stock includes reinforced concrete (RC) buildings built before the introduction of modern seismic codes (<1983s). Currently, the Lis...
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