Seismic Behavior and Vulnerability of Historic Buildings: From Single-Scale Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment
A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 93
Special Issue Editors
Interests: masonry buildings; timber constructions; seismic vulnerability assessment; fragility curves; earthquake engineering; retrofit interventions
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Interests: structural health monitoring of structures; structural analysis of existing structures and infrastructures; integrated survey; structural characterization and diagnosis of cultural and architectural heritage; seismic vulnerability of structures; experimental dynamics
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Interests: analysis of historical/monumental and archaeological structures; nonlinear behavior of masonry and reinforced concrete (RC) structures; seismic strengthening of masonry and RC members using advanced materials; finite element analysis of masonry and RC structures; seismic behavior of masonry structures; analysis of hollow bridge piers; strengthening design using composites; modeling of corrosion effects in reinforcement and concrete degradation; use of digital image correlation; telepresence and distributed database for European research infrastructures
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The damage scenarios observed worldwide due to medium- and high-intensity earthquakes have proved that historic buildings contribute significantly to the seismic risk in urban areas. The prediction of seismic behavior and vulnerability within single-scale buildings or on a large scale are strictly related to each other, and both of them represent topics of paramount importance to the implementation of seismic risk mitigation strategies. In fact, knowledge of the seismic response of a single building (or that of a class of buildings) plays a crucial role in the development of methodologies devoted to large-scale seismic vulnerability assessment. To date, numerous studies concerning the seismic response of existing buildings have been carried out, and many methodologies for large-scale seismic assessment have been developed. Nevertheless, several open issues are under debate within the scientific community; these need to be investigated, revised or enhanced to achieve more realistic results.
Within this framework, this Special Issue welcomes contributions concerning aspects related to the following: (i) the structural characterization, diagnosis and seismic performance assessment of existing constructions, including architectural and monumental assets; (ii) the development of methodologies for large-scale seismic vulnerability assessment (on national, regional or urban scales); (iii) the development of fragility curves at the single-building scale or at the territorial scale and critical issues; (iv) the effectiveness of traditional and innovative retrofitting systems for mitigating seismic vulnerability at the single-building scale or for urban areas; (v) inspection and damage multiscale survey techniques; and (vi) codes practice.
Considering your interest and involvement in this topic, we would be honored to receive a contribution from you to aid the success of this Special Issue.
Dr. Antonio Sandoli
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Fabbrocino
Prof. Dr. Gian Piero Lignola
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- seismic behavior
- seismic vulnerability
- masonry buildings
- RC buildings
- timber buildings
- large-scale vulnerability assessment
- structural retrofit interventions
- fragility curves
