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Cover page
Contents
Title page
Copyright page
Introduction
Chapter 1: Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Buildings: Observational and Mechanical Approaches for Application in Urban Areas
1.1. Introduction
1.2. Damage levels and building types classification
1.3. The macroseismic approach
1.4. The mechanical approach
1.5. Implementation of models for scenario analysis at territorial scale
1.6. Final remarks
1.7. Bibliography
Chapter 2: Mechanical Methods: Fragility Curves and Pushover Analysis
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Pushover analysis
2.3. The fragility curves
2.4. Conclusions
2.5. Bibliography
Chapter 3: Seismic Vulnerability and Loss Assessment for Buildings in Greece
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Vulnerability assessment of RC buildings
3.3. Vulnerability assessment of URM buildings
3.4. Region-specific fragility curves
3.5. Development of earthquake scenarios
3.6. Concluding remarks
3.7. Acknowledgments
3.8. Bibliography
Chapter 4: Experimental Method: Contribution of Ambient Vibration Recordings to the Vulnerability Assessment
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Recordings and analysis of vibrations in structures
4.3. Observation of vibration of buildings and seismic design
4.4. Modeling existing structures with the help of experimental data
4.5. Application to the study of vulnerability at a large scale
4.6. Limitations and outlook
4.7. Conclusions
4.8. Acknowledgments
4.9. Bibliography
Chapter 5: Numerical Model: Simplified Strategies for Vulnerability Seismic Assessment of Existing Structures
5.1. Introduction
5.2. Case study
5.3. Conclusions
5.4. Caution
5.5. Acknowledgments
5.6. Bibliography
Chapter 6: Approach Based on the Risk Used in Switzerland
6.1. Introduction
6.2. Earthquake in the Swiss SIA construction codes
6.3. Examples: masonry buildings
6.4. Bibliography
Chapter 7: Preliminary Evaluation of the Seismic Vulnerability of Existing Bridges
7.1. Introduction
7.2. Experimental feedback from past earthquakes
7.3. The SISMOA method for the preliminary evaluation of the seismic vulnerability of bridges adapted to the French context
7.4. Conclusions
7.5. Bibliography
7.6. List of acronyms
List of Authors
Index
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