▪ Abstract Dedicated to the memory of three pioneers, İhsan Ketin, Sırrı Erinç and Melih
Tokay, and a recent student, Aykut Barka, who burnt himself out in pursuit of the mysteries of …

Seismic fragility and vulnerability assessment is an essential step in the evaluation of
probabilistic seismic risk. Ideally, models developed and calibrated for the building portfolio …

This paper illustrates the derivation of an empirical fragility model for residential
unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings, calibrated on Italian post-earthquake damage data …

The relevant losses determined by recent earthquakes stressed the vulnerability of historical
masonry constructions towards horizontal seismic actions, therefore highlighting the need …

Damage to infrastructure, especially to highways and roads, adversely affects accessibility to
disaster areas. Predicting accessibility to demand points from the supply points by a …

The assessment of the seismic risk at a national scale represents an important resource in
order to introduce measures that may reduce potential losses due to future earthquakes …

This article summarizes the work done over the last decades regarding the development of
new approaches and setting up of new applications for earthquake rapid response systems …

One hundred strong motion accelerometers have been placed in populated areas of
Istanbul, within an area of approximately 50× 30 km, to constitute a network that will enable …

Seismic risk in the form of impending disaster has been seen from past records that
moderate-to-large earthquakes have caused the loss of life and property in all parts of …

The results of experimental tests carried out on reinforced concrete (RC) full‐scale 2‐storey
2‐bays framed buildings are presented. The unretrofitted frame was designed for gravity …