Seismic vulnerability of structures / edited by Philippe Gueguen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Guéguen, Philippe.

Series:

ISTE

THEi Wiley ebooks.

Civil Engineering and Geomechanics Series

THEi Wiley ebooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Earthquake engineering.

Buildings--Earthquake effects.

Buildings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2013.

Language Note:

English

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Summary:

This book is focused on the seismic vulnerability assessment methods, applied to existing buildings, describing several behaviors and new approaches for assessment on a large scale (urban area).It is clear that the majority of urban centers are composed of old buildings, designed according to concepts and rules that are inadequate to the seismic context. How to assess the vulnerability of existing buildings is an essential step to improve the management of seismic risk and its prevention policy. After some key reminders, this book describes seismic vulnerability methods applied to a l

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings: Observational and Mechanical Approaches for Application in Urban Areas; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Damage levels and building types classification; 1.3. The macroseismic approach; 1.4. The mechanical approach; 1.4.1. Masonry buildings; 1.4.2. Reinforced concrete buildings; 1.5. Implementation of models for scenario analysis at territorial scale; 1.6. Final remarks; 1.7. Bibliography; Chapter 2. Mechanical Methods: Fragility Curves and Pushover Analysis; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Pushover analysis

2.2.1. What is pushover analysis?2.2.2. How to calculate (or construct) a pushover curve?; 2.2.3. Critical aspects in the construction (or calculation) of a pushover curve; 2.2.4. Hypotheses and developments; 2.2.5. Evaluation of the target displacement and the performance point (PP); 2.3. The fragility curves; 2.3.1. From deterministic evaluation to fragility functions; 2.3.2. The "indirect" methods based on the capacity curve; 2.3.3. "Direct" methods; 2.3.4. Toward multivariate fragility functions; 2.4. Conclusions; 2.5. Bibliography

Chapter 3. Seismic Vulnerability and Loss Assessment for Buildings in Greece3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Vulnerability assessment of RC buildings; 3.2.1. Buildings analyzed; 3.2.2. Inelastic analysis procedure; 3.2.3. Estimation of economic loss using inelastic dynamic analysis; 3.2.4. Development of pushover and capacity curves; 3.2.5. Derivation of fragility curves; 3.2.6. Fragility curves in terms of Sd; 3.3. Vulnerability assessment of URM buildings; 3.3.1. Overview of the methodology adopted; 3.3.2. Purely empirical approach; 3.3.3. Nonlinear analysis and capacity curves

3.3.4. Hybrid fragility curves3.4. Region-specific fragility curves; 3.5. Development of earthquake scenarios; 3.6. Concluding remarks; 3.7. Acknowledgments; 3.8. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Experimental Method: Contribution of Ambient Vibration Recordings to the Vulnerability Assessment; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Recordings and analysis of vibrations in structures; 4.2.1. Historical background; 4.2.2. Stability and temporal variation of the vibrations; 4.2.3. Analysis of recordings; 4.3. Observation of vibration of buildings and seismic design

4.3.1. Case of the common building in mainland France4.3.2. Experimental data and vulnerability models; 4.4. Modeling existing structures with the help of experimental data; 4.4.1. Modal model; 4.4.2. Validation using the buildings of Grenoble; 4.5. Application to the study of vulnerability at a large scale; 4.5.1. Fragility curves and uncertainties; 4.5.2. Application in Grenoble; 4.6. Limitations and outlook; 4.6.1. Nonlinear behavior; 4.6.2. Soil-strutcture interaction; 4.7. Conclusions; 4.8. Acknowledgments; 4.9. Bibliography

Chapter 5. Numerical Model: Simplified Strategies for Vulnerability Seismic Assessment of Existing Structures

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed May 8, 2013).

ISBN:

9781118603925

1118603923

9781118604007

1118604008

9781299314955

1299314953

9781118603963

1118603966

OCLC:

830160746