Nonstructural components typically are not designed for seismic loads, yet their behavior
can affect the postearthquake building functionality significantly. Nonstructural damage …

The seismic vulnerability and inadequate behaviour of existing school buildings observed
during past earthquakes in Italy have raised awareness of the need to upgrade their …

Old precast buildings are often characterized by poor detailing that may hamper the
structural performance, particularly in the case of earthquakes. This is essentially related …

Earthquake-induced collapse of building structures has been effectively controlled in recent
years, however, failure of non-structural components and secondary disasters induced by …

The seismic capacity and performance of code-conforming precast buildings is assessed in
the study. The case study consists in single-story precast buildings designed according to …

In recent years, the phenomena of induced and triggered seismicity have attracted
significant attention in countries that are not prone to hazard from natural seismicity …

During the recent earthquakes in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, the cladding-to-
structure connections which were installed in industrial precast buildings did not perform as …

The seismic response of buildings not specifically designed to resist earthquake actions can
be generally improved by allowing the structure to dissipate an appropriate amount of …

This paper investigates the seismic response of lightly reinforced precast concrete shear
walls typically used for low-to mid-rise residential systems in past and current Dutch building …

Previous research projects and post-earthquake field observation showed that dry-
assembled precast frame structures with hinged beams and cantilever columns restrained at …