Damage Assessment and Reconstruction after War or Natural Disaster (NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security)

this Book Aims To Provide A Critical Assessment Of The Current Knowledge And To Indicate New Challenges That Are Brought By The Present Time In Dealing With Frequent Man-made And Natural Disasters, Resulting In Damage To Structures, Infrastructure And Human Environment. The Common Ground For All Problems Of This Kind From The Viewpoint Of Scientific Contents Is The Need To Provide A Quick Assessment Of The Destructive Action And Its Consequences, Quick Reconstruction, As Well As The New Basis For A Sustainable Development Of Affected Areas. The Present Threat Of The Terrorist Attacks Or Accidental Explosions, The Local Military Conflicts, The Climate Change That Brings Soil Erosion Or Yet The Destructive Earthquake Motion That Occurs In Previously Inactive Regions, Are Several Examples Of The Kind Of Disastrous Situations We Address Herein, Along With The Best Way Of Reducing Their Negative Impact. 9048123844......Page 1 Damage Assessment and Reconstruction after War or Natural Disaster......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 6 Civil Engineering Structures: Multiscale Damage Representation, Identification, Controlled Destruction and Quick Reconstruction......Page 9 Non-Destructive Assessment of Concrete Damage: Interest, Difficulties and Research Needs......Page 35 Improving Safety and Durability of Civil Structures......Page 69 Structural Damage and Risk Assessment and Uncertainty Quantification......Page 100 Computational Verification and Validation of Engineering Structures via Error-Controlled Model and Discretization Adaptivity......Page 114 Predictive Modelling of Damage in Structures and the Development of Retrofitting or Mitigating Strategies......Page 143 On Fundamental Concept of Structural Collapse Simulation taking into Account Uncertainty Phenomena......Page 173 Earthquake Ground Motions for Seismic Damage Assessment and Re-Evaluation of Existing Buildings and Critical Facilities......Page 196 Damage Assessment and Disaster Prevention in NATM Tunnels during Construction: Micromechanics-Supported Hybrid Analyses......Page 223 Crisis Management in Water Distribution Networks......Page 252 Nonlinear Behavior of Soils as the Main Source of Damage of Structures......Page 286 Fire Induced Damage in Structures and Infrastructure: Analysis, Testing and Modeling......Page 307 DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TO WAR AND NATURAL DISASTERS IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA......Page 328 ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, WASTE MANAGEMENT AND OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT SITUATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA......Page 353 ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WAR DESTRUCTION AND ATMOSPHERIC IMPACT ON REINFORCED CONCRETE STRUCTURES IN SARAJEVO......Page 378 AUTHORS INDEX......Page 388