Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures at Multiple Scales
From Single Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment
- 1st Edition - December 2, 2021
- Editors: Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Hugo Rodrigues
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 0 7 1 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 0 7 2 - 4
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Request a sales quoteSeismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures at Multiple Scales: From Single Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment provides an integrated, multiscale platform for fundamental and applied studies on the seismic vulnerability assessment of civil engineering structures, including buildings with different materials and building typologies. The book shows how various outputs obtained from different scales and layers of assessment (from building scale to the urban area) can be used to outline and implement effective risk mitigation, response and recovery strategies. In addition, it highlights how significant advances in earthquake engineering research have been achieved with the rise of new technologies and techniques.
The wide variety of construction and structural systems associated with the complex behavior of their materials significantly limits the application of current codes and building standards to the existing building stock, hence this book is a welcomed guide on new construction standards and practices.
- Provides the theoretical backgrounds on the most advanced seismic vulnerability assessment approaches at different scales and for most common building typologies
- Covers the most common building typologies and the materials they are made from, such as concrete, masonry, steel, timber and raw earth
- Presents practical guidelines on how the outputs coming from such approaches can be used to outline effective risk mitigation and emergency planning strategies
Civil engineers, structural designers, structural and earthquake scientists, MSc and PhD students. Architects, urban planners, and decision-makers in the fields of urban planning and public safety
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Building survey and characterization techniques at different scales
- Abstract
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Working at the scale of the building
- 1.3 Working at the urban scale
- 1.4 Off-site and remote surveying approaches
- 1.5 Digital modeling
- 1.6 Final remarks
- References
- Chapter 2 Seismic vulnerability assessment of RC structures: research and practice at building level
- Abstract
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 Main structural characteristics and vulnerabilities of existing RC buildings in Europe
- 2.3 Numerical modeling
- 2.4 Case studies
- 2.5 Results
- Acknowledgments
- References
- Chapter 3 Numerical modeling for the seismic assessment of masonry structures
- Abstract
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 On the seismic response of URM buildings
- 3.3 Structural macro-element models based on the in-plane response of masonry walls
- 3.4 Structural macro-models for the out-of-plane behavior of masonry walls
- 3.5 Seismic vulnerability assessment of URM buildings
- 3.6 Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 4 Vulnerability assessment of earthen structures
- Abstract
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Empirical and mechanical approaches
- 4.3 Displacement-based approach
- 4.4 Force-based approach
- 4.5 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5 New houses' architecture influenced by traditional timber frames'
- Abstract
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 The reference traditional house
- 5.3 Experimental analysis
- 5.4 Real house application
- 5.5 Execution details
- 5.6 Compatible technologies
- 5.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 6 Seismic fragility analysis of steel building portfolios based on mathematical models
- Abstract
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Mathematical model development
- 6.3 Statistical hypothesis test
- 6.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7 Vulnerability assessment of precast industrial facilities
- Abstract
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Precast industrial buildings through earthquakes
- 7.3 Peculiarities governing the seismic behavior of precast industrial buildings
- 7.4 Retrofit strategies
- Acknowledgements
- References
- Chapter 8 Methods, techniques, and tools for assessing the seismic vulnerability of building stocks
- Abstract
- 8.1 Introduction
- 8.2 Large scale vulnerability assessment strategies
- 8.3 Direct methods
- 8.4 Indirect methods
- 8.5 Conventional methods
- 8.6 Hybrid methods
- 8.7 Final remarks
- References
- Chapter 9 Risk mitigation at large scale
- Abstract
- 9.1 Understanding the risk mitigation intervention needs of large infrastructure assets
- 9.2 Risk-informed selection and prioritization of large school portfolios for seismic mitigation investments
- 9.3 Towards affordable engineering solutions
- 9.4 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 10 Emergency and evacuation management strategies in earthquakes: towards holistic and user-centered methodologies for their design and evaluation
- Abstract
- 10.1 Introduction
- 10.2 Consolidated approaches to earthquake emergency planning in urban built environment
- 10.3 Human factor in earthquakes: from response behavior to emergency and evacuation management strategies
- 10.4 How to design and evaluate the emergency and evacuation plan
- 10.5 An overview of application to two case studies
- 10.6 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 11 Seismic risk assessment of transportation networks
- Abstract
- 11.1 Introduction
- 11.2 Computational framework for seismic performance of transportation networks
- 11.3 Regional probabilistic seismic hazard analysis
- 11.4 Structural vulnerability analysis
- 11.5 Post hazard traffic analysis
- 11.6 Quantitative performance measures of transportation network
- 11.7 Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 12 Disaster recovery in the education sector
- Abstract
- 12.1 Disaster response in the education sector
- 12.2 A tool to plan school infrastructure reconstruction
- 12.3 Evidence-based data to inform the reconstruction process
- 12.4 Conclusions
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 394
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: December 2, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128240717
- eBook ISBN: 9780128240724
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Tiago Miguel Ferreira
Tiago Miguel Ferreira is an Integrated Researcher at the Institute of Science and Innovation for Bio-Sustainability (IB-S) of the University of Minho and an Assistant Professor at the University of Coimbra, Portugal, where he teaches in the field of Rehabilitation and Seismic Retrofit of Ancient Buildings. He is also Editor-in-Chief of Conservar Património, a journal dedicated to heritage studies. Over the last decade he has been researching the field of urban risk-related issues, namely on the assessment and mitigation of single and multi-hazard risk in urban areas (seismic, flood and fire vulnerability). He has also participated and coordinated several applied research projects aimed at assessing the vulnerability of various old urban areas in Portugal and abroad.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, PortugalHR
Hugo Rodrigues
Hugo Rodrigues is an Associate Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro, teaching several topics related to Structural Analysis, Building Pathology and Rehabilitation. He received his PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Aveiro. His experience in Seismic analysis, having participated as a team member in research and development projects, specialized consultancy studies ordered by several public institutions and companies regarding the assessment of seismic risk. His primary research interests are Building Rehabilitation, Structural Health Monitoring and Seismic Safety, including experimental and numerical activities.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, PortugalRead Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures at Multiple Scales on ScienceDirect