Seismic Risk Assessment And Retrofitting: With Special Emphasis On Existing Low Rise Structures (geotechnical, Geological And Earthquake Engineering)

Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Seismic Monitoring to Assess Performance of Structures in Near-Real Time: Recent Progress....Pages 1-24 Dance for Modern Times: Insurance, Economic Stability and Building Strength....Pages 25-37 A Critical Review of Current Assessment Procedures....Pages 39-69 Risk Management and a Rapid Scoring Technique for Collapse Vulnerability of RC Buildings....Pages 71-89 The Importance of Plan-Wise Irregularity....Pages 91-110 Advanced Composite Materials and Steel Retrofitting Techniques for Seismic Strengthening of Low-Rise Structures: Review....Pages 111-126 A Novel Structural Assessment Technique to Prevent Damaged FRP-Wrapped Concrete Bridge Piers from Collapse....Pages 127-141 Strengthening of Low-Rise Concrete Buildings: Applications After Dinar (1995) and Adana-Ceyhan (1998) Earthquakes....Pages 143-168 Rehabilitation of Precast Industrial Buildings using Cables to Develop Diaphragm Action....Pages 169-187 Vulnerability Evaluation and Retrofitting of Existing Building Heritage: an Italian Research Programme....Pages 189-210 Soft-Landing Base-Isolation System....Pages 211-235 Development of a New Precast Concrete Panel Wall System Incorporated with Energy Dissipative Dowel Connectors....Pages 237-266 Alternative Performance-Based Retrofit Strategies and Solutions for Existing RC Buildings....Pages 267-295 FRP Wrapping of RC Structures Submitted to Seismic Loads....Pages 297-305 Upgrading of Resistance and Cyclic Deformation Capacity of Deficient Concrete Columns....Pages 307-328 Supplemental Vertical Support as a Means for Seismic Retrofit of Buildings....Pages 329-342 How to Predict the Probability of Collapse of Non-Ductile Building Structures....Pages 343-365 Strengthening of Brick Infilled Reinforced Concrete (RC) Frames with Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP) Sheets....Pages 367-386 Improved Infill Walls and Rehabilitation of Existing Low-Rise Buildings....Pages 387-426 How to Simulate Column Collapse and Removal in As-built and Retrofitted Building Structures?....Pages 427-452 Back Matter....Pages 1-43 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 countries, is exacerbated by difficulties with administration, implementation and public awareness. The future of modern earthquake engineering will come to be dominated by new kinds of measuring technologies, new materials developed especially for low-rise, low-cost buildings, simpler and thus lower cost options for retrofitting, cost cutting and raising public awareness. The book covers all the areas involved in this complex issue, from the prevention of total building collapse, through improvement techniques, to legal, financial, taxation and social issues. The contributors have all made valuable contributions in their own particular fields; all of them are or have been closely involved with the issues that can arise in seismic zones in any country. The recent research results published here offer invaluable pointers to practicing engineers and administrators, as well as other scientists whose work involves saving the lives and property of the many millions of people who live and work in hazardous buildings. Covers the field of disaster mitigatition against earthquakes with special emphasis on prevention of total collapse of existing low rise buildings towards reduction of life losses and economical assets. This book studies seismically safe design and construction, as well as various trends in structural and earthquake engineering.