A comprehensive review of geospatial technology applications in earthquake preparedness, emergency management, and damage assessment

M Shafapourtehrany, M Batur, F Shabani, B Pradhan… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
The level of destruction caused by an earthquake depends on a variety of factors, such as
magnitude, duration, intensity, time of occurrence, and underlying geological features, which …

Model updating of historical belfries based on oma identification techniques

G Standoli, E Giordano, G Milani… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Central Italy Earthquakes occurred in 2016 pointed out once more the
vulnerability of Cultural Heritage (CH), especially for what concerns bell-towers since they …

Investigations of masonry churches seismic performance with numerical models: Application to a case study

M D'Amato, R Sulla - Archives of Civil and Mechanical Engineering, 2021 - Springer
Recovering and preserving ancient churches is necessary to ensure the transmission of this
cultural heritage to the future generations. To this scope, it is necessary to evaluate their …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic assessment of Romanian Orthodox masonry churches in the Banat area through a multi-level analysis framework

AL Monaco, N Grillanda, I Onescu, M Fofiu… - Engineering Failure …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper aims to show some results of seismic assessment of Romanian Orthodox existing
masonry churches, by extending the multi-level approach proposed by the Italian directive …

Damage description and schematic crack propagation in Colonial Churches and old masonry buildings by the 2017 Puebla-Morelos earthquakes (Mw= 8.2 and 7.1)

A Preciado, F Peña, FC Fonseca, C Silva - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper aims to describe the observed damage and crack propagation in patrimonial
masonry buildings of Puebla and Morelos, Mexico due to both September 7 (M w= 8.2) and …

Seismic damage assessment of a historic masonry building under simulated scenario earthquakes: A case study for Arge-Tabriz

N Hoveidae, A Fathi, S Karimzadeh - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2021 - Elsevier
Damage prediction of existing buildings against natural events is a challenge for engineers.
Although several approaches have been proposed in the bibliography for damage …

Seismic risk assessment for masonry buildings typologies from L'Aquila 2009 earthquake damage data

M D'Amato, R Laguardia, G Di Trocchio… - Journal of earthquake …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
In this study a seismic risk analysis of masonry buildings based on damage data of L'Aquila
2009 earthquake is presented. Typological loss curves and Expected Annualized Losses …

Fem model calibration of experimental environmental vibration tests on two churches hit by L'Aquila earthquake

A Formisano, G Di Lorenzo, L Krstevska… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The paper deals with the seismic investigation of two masonry churches, namely Visitazione
and San Giuliano, which are located in Poggio Picenze, a small town about 10 km far from …

Failure mechanism of historic churches in Gorj county for shallow seismic action

M Mosoarca, M Fofiu, I Onescu - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2023 - Elsevier
Two major shallow earthquakes hit Gorj county in Romania on the 13th and 14th of February
2023, one had a magnitude of ML= 5.2 at a depth of 17 km, while the second earthquake …

Seismic fragility of structural and non-structural elements of Nepali RC buildings

D Gautam, R Adhikari, R Rupakhety - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
This study presents seismic fragility functions of reinforced concrete buildings affected by the
2015 Gorkha Earthquake in Nepal. The fragility functions are based on detailed damage …