Weather extremes have been responsible for widespread economic damage at global scale
in the last decades. Agriculture alone absorbed 26% of the overall impact caused by natural …

After recent large earthquakes, field investigations confirmed that several bridges were
severely damaged and collapsed not only due to the earthquake, as an independent …

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 …

The paper presents a mechanical-based framework for the evaluation of local-scale seismic
fragility curves. The approach is oriented to a seismic vulnerability assessment of …

Calculating the limit state (LS) exceedance probability for a structure considering the main
seismic event and the triggered aftershocks (AS) is complicated both by the time‐dependent …

Pinching characterizes the hysteretic response of several structural systems. It is associated
with a reduced dissipated hysteretic energy under cyclic loading and can significantly affect …

A single intensity measure (IM) is commonly used to develop fragility curves for structures
subjected to mainshock‐aftershock (MS‐AS) scenarios. This study aims to propose a …

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 …

Large earthquakes not only directly damage buildings but also trigger debris flows, which
cause secondary damage to buildings, forming a more destructive earthquake-debris flow …

This paper proposes experimental based formulations for modifying the moment–rotation
plastic hinges of RC columns that have entered the plastic range, introducing suitable …