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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Urban Centers

dc.contributor.authorFerreira, Tiago Miguel
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Hugo
dc.contributor.authorVicente, Romeu
dc.date.accessioned2020-03-12T15:57:04Z
dc.date.available2020-03-12T15:57:04Z
dc.date.issued2020-03
dc.description.abstractDespite the recent advances in the analysis of the seismic performance of reinforced concrete structures, the assessment of large building inventories aimed at defining and prioritizing structural retrofitting strategies is still a technically challenging task. This paper aims to contribute to bridging this gap by presenting a simplified methodology for assessing the seismic vulnerability of reinforced concrete buildings, which is then applied to a group of 91 buildings affected by recent earthquakes with different macroseismic intensities. The presented methodology is based on the evaluation of eight parameters associated with different factors that affect the seismic response of the building, namely its structural features, foundation conditions, and position within the urban mesh. The formulation of each parameter and the relative weight attributed to each one of them were defined on the basis of post-earthquake damage observation and expert opinion. After defined, the proposed methodology is applied to Faro city center. Based on the results obtained, a cost benefit analysis is made considering a strengthening solution to the buildings with soft-story irregularity.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12051996pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn1937-0695
dc.identifier.other1937-0709
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/4799
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectSeismic vulnerability indexpt_PT
dc.subjectRC buildingspt_PT
dc.subjectRC buildingspt_PT
dc.subjectDamage mechanismspt_PT
dc.subjectDamage scenariospt_PT
dc.titleSeismic Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Urban Centerspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.issue5pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1996pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleSustainabilitypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume12pt_PT
person.familyNamePinheiro Rodrigues
person.givenNameHugo Filipe
person.identifierE-5195-2010
person.identifier.ciencia-idB610-29E9-0E49
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1373-4540
person.identifier.scopus-author-id23019838500
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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