Empirical vulnerability estimation models considering updating the structural earthquake damage database

SQ Li - Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
The seismic vulnerability of regional buildings is a fundamental index to effectively predict
and estimate the seismic resilience of urban and rural areas. The structural empirical …

[HTML][HTML] Towards a multi-parametric fragility model for Italian masonry buildings based on the informative level

SA Scala, C Del Gaudio, GM Verderame - Structures, 2024 - Elsevier
This study provides a multi-parametric fragility model for Italian masonry buildings, which
varies based on available information about buildings characteristics, sources from data of …

[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 …

Knowledge-Based Investigation of Seismic Vulnerability Assessment and Compatible Strengthening Design of an Existing Masonry Building

MT Cristofaro, M Tanganelli - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Most existing masonry buildings were built without following code regulations for seismic
criteria. Hence, their performance compared to the demands of the current codes, for both …

Derivation of seismic fragility curves through mechanical-analytical approaches: the case study of the URM school buildings in Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (Italy)

S Giusto, I Boem, S Alfano, N Gattesco, S Cattari - 2024 - researchsquare.com
Seismic events worldwide have shown that school buildings can exhibit vulnerability levels
even higher than ordinary buildings. This highlights the urgent need for reliable risk …