Seismic Risk Assessment and Retrofitting With Special Emphasis on Existing Low Rise Structures /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Ilki, Alper (Editor), Karadogan, Faruk (Editor), Pala, Sumru (Editor), Yuksel, Ercan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
• Series: Geotechnical, Geological and Earthquake Engineering, 10
• Subjects: Engineering.; Earth sciences.; Geotechnical engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Buildings > Design and construction.; Building.; Construction.; Engineering, Architectural.; Building materials.; Building Construction.; Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences.; Structural Mechanics.; Earth Sciences, general.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Building Materials.

Many more people are coming to live in earthquake-prone areas, especially urban ones. Many such areas contain low-rise, low-cost housing, while little money is available to retrofit the buildings to avoid total collapse and thus potentially save lives. The lack of money, especially in developing cou...

Table of Contents:

• Seismic Monitoring to Assess Performance of Structures in Near-Real Time: Recent Progress
• Dance for Modern Times: Insurance, Economic Stability and Building Strength
• A Critical Review of Current Assessment Procedures
• Risk Management and a Rapid Scoring Technique for Collapse Vulnerability of RC Buildings
• The Importance of Plan-Wise Irregularity
• Advanced Composite Materials and Steel Retrofitting Techniques for Seismic Strengthening of Low-Rise Structures: Review
• A Novel Structural Assessment Technique to Prevent Damaged FRP-Wrapped Concrete Bridge Piers from Collapse
• Strengthening of Low-Rise Concrete Buildings: Applications After Dinar (1995) and Adana-Ceyhan (1998) Earthquakes
• Rehabilitation of Precast Industrial Buildings using Cables to Develop Diaphragm Action
• Vulnerability Evaluation and Retrofitting of Existing Building Heritage: an Italian Research Programme
• Soft-Landing Base-Isolation System
• Development of a New Precast Concrete Panel Wall System Incorporated with Energy Dissipative Dowel Connectors
• Alternative Performance-Based Retrofit Strategies and Solutions for Existing RC Buildings
• FRP Wrapping of RC Structures Submitted to Seismic Loads
• Upgrading of Resistance and Cyclic Deformation Capacity of Deficient Concrete Columns
• Supplemental Vertical Support as a Means for Seismic Retrofit of Buildings
• How to Predict the Probability of Collapse of Non-Ductile Building Structures
• Strengthening of Brick Infilled Reinforced Concrete (RC) Frames with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) Sheets
• Improved Infill Walls and Rehabilitation of Existing Low-Rise Buildings
• How to Simulate Column Collapse and Removal in As-built and Retrofitted Building Structures?.