A review of the performance of infilled RC structures in recent earthquakes

A Furtado, H Rodrigues, A Arêde, H Varum - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
The primary objective is to present the most representative types of damage observed in
reinforced concrete (RC) structures due to earthquakes. Those damages are divided …

Two frugal options to assess class fragility and seismic safety for low-rise reinforced concrete school buildings in Southern Italy

S Ruggieri, F Porco, G Uva, D Vamvatsikos - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2021 - Springer
A study is presented on the seismic fragility of a sample of 15 reinforced-concrete school
buildings built between 1960 and 1980s in the province of Foggia, Southern Italy, for which …

Modeling techniques for the seismic assessment of the existing Italian RC frame structures

GJ O'Reilly, TJ Sullivan - Journal of Earthquake Engineering, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A numerical modeling approach to capture the behavior of the various elements
of older reinforced concrete (RC) frames in Italy is developed. It uses available experimental …

Experimental investigation of seismic behavior of ultra-high performance steel fiber reinforced concrete columns

S Xu, C Wu, Z Liu, K Han, Y Su, J Zhao, J Li - Engineering Structures, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper presents an experimental study on seismic behavior of ultra-high performance
steel fiber reinforced concrete (UHPSFRC) columns. Based on a series of cyclic loading …

Epistemic uncertainty in poorly detailed existing frames accounting for masonry infill variability and RC shear failure

G Mucedero, D Perrone… - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Robust performance‐based earthquake assessment should consider the effects of both
aleatory and epistemic uncertainty on seismic response parameters. While the effects of …

Probabilistic seismic assessment and retrofit considerations for Italian RC frame buildings

GJ O'Reilly, TJ Sullivan - Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2018 - Springer
In recent decades, the seismic assessment of existing buildings has developed significantly
from traditional objectives that focused on ensuring life safety of the building. The economic …

[HTML][HTML] Cyclic behaviour of as-built and strengthened existing reinforced concrete columns previously damaged by fire

J Melo, Z Triantafyllidis, D Rush, L Bisby… - Engineering …, 2022 - Elsevier
A structure, during its life, may be subjected to multiple hazards. These hazards are
sometimes combined over a short period of time, or in some cases occur many years apart …

Machine learning models for predicting shear strength and identifying failure modes of rectangular RC columns

VT Phan, VL Tran, VQ Nguyen, DD Nguyen - Buildings, 2022 - mdpi.com
The determination of shear strength and the identification of potential failure modes are the
crucial steps in designing and evaluating the structural performance of reinforced concrete …

Empirical calibration of hysteretic parameters for modelling the seismic response of reinforced concrete columns with plain bars

M Di Domenico, P Ricci, GM Verderame - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the hysteretic response of ductile Reinforced Concrete (RC) columns with plain
bars is analyzed by evaluating the degradation of unloading and reloading stiffness with …

Experimental and numerical investigation of the cyclic response of stainless steel reinforced concrete columns

J Melo, S Afshan, T Rossetto, H Varum, A Arêde - Engineering Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Corrosion of carbon steel reinforcement is the major cause of premature deterioration of
reinforced concrete infrastructures. There is increasing interest in the use of maintenance …