Reconstruction process of damaged residential buildings outside historical centres after the L'Aquila earthquake: part II—“heavy damage” reconstruction

M Di Ludovico, A Prota, C Moroni, G Manfredi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
The reconstruction process of residential buildings severely damaged by the 06 April 2009
L'Aquila earthquake, the so called “heavy damage” reconstruction, started after the “light …

Deep learning‐based evaluation for mechanical property degradation of seismically damaged RC columns

Z Miao, X Ji, M Wu, X Gao - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evaluation of mechanical property degradation (ie, stiffness and strength degradation)
for seismically damaged reinforced concrete (RC) components is a critical step in the post …

Ductility demands of MRF structures on soft soils considering soil-structure interaction

M Ghandil, F Behnamfar - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
The problem of nonlinear response of moment resisting frames on nonlinear soft soils is
investigated. The soil-structure interaction (SSI) is considered using the direct method. The …

Estimation of repair costs for RC and masonry residential buildings based on damage data collected by post-earthquake visual inspection

G De Martino, M Di Ludovico, A Prota, C Moroni… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
In the immediate post-earthquake, the safety conditions of buildings are commonly
evaluated by field visual inspections. Then, a second phase involves the design of repair …

Post-earthquake seismic capacity estimation of reinforced concrete bridge piers using Machine learning techniques

B Todorov, AHMM Billah - Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
This study analytically explored a parameterized set of 20 reinforced concrete bridge piers
which share several geometrical and material properties commonly found in Canadian …

Life-cycle cost optimization of the seismic retrofit of existing RC structures

U Vitiello, D Asprone, M Di Ludovico… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2017 - Springer
The life-cycle cost analysis of buildings prone to seismic risk is a critical issue in structural
engineering. Expected loss, including damage and repair costs, is an important parameter …

Earthquake risk in reinforced concrete buildings during aftershock sequences based on period elongation and operational earthquake forecasting

K Trevlopoulos, P Guéguen, A Helmstetter, F Cotton - Structural Safety, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid post-earthquake damage assessment is critical to short-term earthquake crisis
management. Reinforced concrete buildings may accumulate damage during an aftershock …

Novel plastic hinge modification factors for damaged RC shear walls with bending performance

S Komarizadehasl… - Advances in concrete …, 2021 - koreascience.kr
This paper introduces several new damage states for shear walls with flexural behavior
damaged in an earthquake. These damage states are deducted by carefully interpretation of …

Aftershock collapse fragility curves for non‐ductile RC buildings: a scenario‐based assessment

M Gaetani d'Aragona, M Polese… - Earthquake …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Recent studies have addressed the computation of fragility curves for mainshock (MS)‐
damaged buildings. However, aftershock (AS) fragilities are generally conditioned on a …

Analytical Study of Rectangular Concrete-Filled Tubes (RCFT) Connections using Finite Element Analysis under Cyclic Loading

CB Casita, B Suswanto, I Komara - Trends in Sciences, 2022 - tis.wu.ac.th
Recent condition of the earthquakes model has shown that rectangular concrete-filled tubes
(RCFT) with weld connection are so brittle. According to the studies conducted, large …