Reducing the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings Assessment and Retrofit

Name: Reducing the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings Assessment and Retrofit
Brand: MDPI AG
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By Ferreira, Tiago Miguel

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Devastating seismic events occurring all over the world keep raising the awareness of the scientific, technical and political communities to the need of identifying assets at risk and developing more effective and cost-efficient seismic risk mitigation strategies. Significant advances in earthquake engineering research have been achieved with the rise of new technologies and techniques with potential use in risk assessment, management and mitigation. Nevertheless, there is still much to be done, particularly with regard to existing buildings, most of them built without anti-seismic provisions. The wide variety of construction and structural systems, associated with the complex behaviour of their materials, greatly limit the application of current codes and building standards to the existing building stock. To tackle this issue, there is a fundamental need for developing multidisciplinary research that can lead to the development of more sophisticated and reliable methods of analysis, as well as to improved seismic retrofitting techniques compliant with buildings conservation principles. This book intends to contribute to the aforementioned goal by stimulating the exchange of ideas and knowledge on the assessment and reduction of the seismic vulnerability of existing buildings. 10 high quality contributions authored by international experts from Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Nepal, Czech Republic and Spain are included herein. All contributions pursue the protection of existing buildings by considering the most updated methods and advanced solutions emerging from different fields of expertise.

Product details

Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 182
Release Date:: 2019-07-31
Publication Date:: 2019-07-31
Publisher:: MDPI AG
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 3039212575
ISBN13:: 9783039212576
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 477 g
Height:: 170 cm
Width:: 244 cm
Thickness:: 12 cm

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