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Seismic Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation of Building Systems
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Special Issue "Seismic Vulnerability Analysis and Mitigation of Building Systems"

A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 1464

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Maria Teresa De Risi

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Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: performance-based earthquake engineering; RC buildings; masonry infills; nonlinear modeling; fragility analysis; experimental testing
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Prof. Dr. Gerardo Mario Verderame

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Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, 80125 Naples, Italy
Interests: reinforced concrete buildings; masonry infills; nonlinear modeling; fragility analysis; experimental testing; large-scale vulnerability analysis
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Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum

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CONSTRUCT, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Interests: assessment, strengthening, and repair of structures; earthquake engineering; historic construction conservation and strengthening
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

It is well known that earthquakes can produce significant losses to the built environment worldwide, especially in seismic prone areas characterized by a great exposure and vulnerable constructions. Among them, buildings certainly play a key role, so their seismic design, the analysis of their main vulnerabilities, and the strategies necessary to reduce such weak points are key issues for next-generation resilient cities. This is true both for newly designed buildings, which should be realized aiming at low damage in case of earthquakes, and for existing (low-standard) buildings, which can require significant seismic strengthening interventions to reduce expected seismic losses.

This Special Issue aims to collect works on the seismic design of new building systems or the assessment of existing ones, along with the analysis of strengthening strategies required to mitigate their potential vulnerabilities and reduce expected losses in case of earthquake. Both numerical and experimental studies are welcomed. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Methods of seismic analysis;
  • Seismic assessment of as-built buildings;
  • Seismic risk analysis;
  • Vulnerability studies;
  • Large-scale applications;
  • Analysis of case-studies;
  • Experimental studies;
  • Strengthening techniques.

Dr. Maria Teresa De Risi
Prof. Dr. Gerardo Mario Verderame
Prof. Dr. Humberto Varum
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Buildings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • earthquake engineering
  • buildings
  • vulnerability assessment
  • seismic risk
  • retrofitting
  • seismic losses
  • seismic design

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Cyclic Behavior of Different Connections in Precast Concrete Shear Walls: Experimental and Analytical Investigations
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Ekkachai Yooprasertchai
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Pongsak Wiwatrojanagul
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Panumas Saingam
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Kaffayatullah Khan
Buildings 2023, 13(6), 1433; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13061433 - 31 May 2023
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This study investigated the grouted sleeve splices and corrugated duct splices between shear walls and footing. In this regard, three shear walls were experimentally tested. One wall was cast monolithically with the foundation (RCWS), whereas two walls were precast. One wall was connected [...] Read more.
This study investigated the grouted sleeve splices and corrugated duct splices between shear walls and footing. In this regard, three shear walls were experimentally tested. One wall was cast monolithically with the foundation (RCWS), whereas two walls were precast. One wall was connected to the foundation using splice sleeves (PGWS), and another with corrugated duct splices (PCWS). All the walls were tested under reverse cyclic loading and a constant axial load. It was observed that the performance of specimen PGWS was controlled by rocking, and a premature connection loss was observed at one of the grouted sleeve splices. The hysteretic performance of specimen PCWS was close to that of specimen RCWS, whereas extensive pinching was observed in the hysteretic response of specimen PGWS. The peak load, ductility, secant stiffness, and energy dissipation of specimens RCWS and PCWS were in good agreement, whereas the energy dissipated by specimen PGWS was considerably lower than the corresponding values of specimens RCWS and PCWS. Nonlinear fiber-based modeling in OpenSees was performed using SFI-MVLEM elements. The predicted hysteretic response of the OpenSees model was in close agreement with the experimental response. Full article
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Numerical Model Calibration and a Parametric Study Based on the Out-Of-Plane Drift Capacity of Stone Masonry Walls
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Ibrahim Serkan Misir
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Gokhan Yucel
Buildings 2023, 13(2), 437; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020437 - 04 Feb 2023
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Failure under seismic action generally occurs in the form of out-of-plane collapses of walls before reaching their in-plane strength in historical stone masonry buildings. Consistent finite element (FE) macro modeling has emerged as a need for use in seismic assessments of these walls. [...] Read more.
Failure under seismic action generally occurs in the form of out-of-plane collapses of walls before reaching their in-plane strength in historical stone masonry buildings. Consistent finite element (FE) macro modeling has emerged as a need for use in seismic assessments of these walls. This paper presents the numerical model calibration of U-shaped multi-leaf stone masonry wall specimens tested under ambient vibrations and out-of-plane (OOP) load reversals. The uncertain elastic parameters were obtained by manual calibration of the numerical models based on ambient vibration test (AVT) data of the specimens. To obtain nonlinear calibration parameters, static pushover analyses were performed on FE models simulating quasi-static tests. The calibrated numerical models matched well with the experimental results in terms of load–drift response and damage distribution. As a result, the modulus of elasticity and tensile and compressive degrading strength parameters of masonry walls were proposed. A parametric study was conducted to examine the effects of different materials and geometric properties (tensile strength, aspect ratio, slenderness ratio, and geometric scale) on the OOP behavior of stone masonry walls. A quite different strain distribution was obtained in the case of a large aspect ratio, while it was determined that the geometric scale had no effect on the strain distribution. Tensile strength was the dominant parameter affecting the load–drift response of the models. Within the presented work, a practical tool for out-of-plane seismic assessment has been proposed for the structures covered in this paper. Full article
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