Methods for evaluating the significance and importance of differences amongst probabilistic seismic hazard results for engineering and risk analyses: a review and …

J Douglas, H Crowley, V Silva, W Marzocchi… - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2024 - Springer
When new seismic hazard estimates are published it is natural to compare them to existing
results for the same location. This type of comparison routinely indicates differences …

Direct loss‐based seismic design of reinforced concrete frame and wall structures

R Gentile, GM Calvi - Earthquake Engineering & Structural …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper presents a procedure to design reinforced concrete (RC) buildings to achieve an
acceptable target level of earthquake‐induced loss (eg, deaths, dollars, downtime) under a …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of retrofit interventions on seismic fragility of Italian residential masonry buildings

V Follador, P Carpanese, M Donà, F da Porto - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, the vulnerability of ordinary unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings is
analyzed, and the literature related to possible seismic retrofit interventions is reviewed in …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic retrofit of Italian pre-'70 case-study RC buildings by solving shear failures: code-compliant assessment and economic effort

MT De Risi, SA Scala, C Del Gaudio… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Existing reinforced concrete (RC) buildings designed for gravity loads only (GLD) are
widespread worldwide even in seismic prone areas, including Italy, showing a significant …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the potential implementation of earthquake early warning for schools in the Patras region, Greece

C Galasso, E Zuccolo, K Aljawhari, G Cremen… - International journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Earthquake early warning (EEW) is currently deemed a credible approach to seismic
resilience enhancement in modern societies, especially if part of a more holistic earthquake …

[HTML][HTML] Simulation-based consequence models of seismic direct loss and repair time for archetype reinforced concrete frames

K Aljawhari, R Gentile, C Galasso - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seismic risk management of building portfolios requires a reliable evaluation of earthquake-
induced losses. This is commonly performed using consequence models linking structure …

Data‐driven machine learning for multi‐hazard fragility surfaces in seismic resilience analysis

M Harati, JW van de Lindt - Computer‐Aided Civil and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Offshore earthquakes and subsequent tsunamis pose significant risks to many coastal
populations worldwide. This paper introduces a data‐driven machine learning model that …

Direct loss‐based seismic design of low‐rise base‐isolated reinforced concrete buildings

D Suarez, GM Calvi, R Gentile - Earthquake Engineering & …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper proposes a procedure to design low‐rise base‐isolated structures achieving a
specific target level of earthquake‐induced loss (eg, dollars, downtime) while complying with …

[HTML][HTML] Residential seismic retrofitting: Contextualizing policy packages to local circumstances

E Segal, E Feitelson, S Goulden, E Razin… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Seismic retrofitting is the most effective way to reduce casualties from earthquakes. Yet,
seismic retrofitting of vulnerable residential structures faces many impediments. As no single …

[HTML][HTML] Seismic retrofit cost model for Italian masonry residential buildings to support territorial-scale risk analysis

V Follador, M Donà, P Carpanese, E Saler… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last 50 years, earthquakes forced the Italian Government to pay emergency,
recovery and reconstruction costs amounting to 180 billion euros, ie, about 3.6 billion euros …