[HTML][HTML] Seismic upgrading of existing reinforced concrete buildings: A state-of-the-art review

PD Gkournelos, TC Triantafillou, DA Bournas - Engineering Structures, 2021 - Elsevier
Collapses or serious damages of existing buildings during strong earthquakes have resulted
in significant economic losses, severe injuries and loss of human lives. Given the late …

[PDF][PDF] Combined seismic and energy upgrading of existing reinforced concrete buildings using TRM jacketing and thermal insulation

PD Gkournelos, DA Bournas, TC Triantafillou - Earthq. Struct, 2019 - researchgate.net
The concept of the combined seismic and energy retrofitting of existing reinforced concrete
(RC) buildings was examined in this paper through a number of case studies conducted on …

[PDF][PDF] Novel technologies for the seismic upgrading of existing European buildings

TC Triantafillou, DA Bournas… - Publications Office of the …, 2022 - researchgate.net
The present report provides a review of the seismic upgrading techniques for reinforced
concrete, masonry and steel buildings, which constitute the majority of the building stock in …

Numerical simulation of RC frames infilled with RC walls for seismic strengthening of existing structures

E Georgiou, N Kyriakides, CZ Chrysostomou - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
Although it is evident that the RC infill wall is an economic and practical way to improve the
lateral strength of framed structures and a retrofitting method for existing buildings to …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic behavior of a strengthened full scale reinforced concrete building using the finite element modelling approach

M Elwi, WG Abdul-Hussein, AS Mohammed… - … of Engineering and …, 2022 - academia.edu
In Iraq, the increase in earthquake activity was observed, but most of the existing buildings
can still suffer from severe injury or destruction, and therefore can cause major issues. In this …

Nonlinear numerical parametric study of the number and arrangement of dowels connecting the wall to the bounding frame for the seismic strengthening of RC frames …

E Georgiou, N Kyriakides, CZ Chrysostomou - Bulletin of Earthquake …, 2022 - Springer
The seismic retrofitting of existing multi-storey multi-bay reinforced concrete (RC) frame
buildings by the conversion of selected bays into new RC infilled walls is the subject of this …

Numerical simulation of the experimental results of a RC frame retrofitted with RC Infill walls

N Kyriakides, CZ Chrysostomou, P Kotronis… - Earthquakes and …, 2015 - hal.science
The effectiveness of seismic retrofitting of RC-frame buildings by converting selected bays
into new walls through infilling with RC walls was studied experimentally using a full-scale …

[PDF][PDF] Derivation of fragility curves for RC frames retrofitted with RC infill walls based on full-scale pseudodynamic testing results

CZ Chrysostomou, N Kyriakides, P Kotronis… - ECCOMAS …, 2016 - researchgate.net
The effectiveness of seismic retrofitting of RC-frame buildings by converting selected bays
into new walls through infilling with RC walls was studied experimentally using a full-scale …

[PDF][PDF] Study of effect of shear wall in the seismic response of the existing buildings

MA Elwi, WGA Hussein - … of Engineering and Natural Sciences (PEN), 2021 - academia.edu
In Iraq, it has been observed that an increase in seismic activity, and that most existing
buildings are not seismically designed and that can suffer serious damage or collapse, thus …

[PDF][PDF] Numerical simulation of the experimental results of the seismic strengthening of existing structures

ES Georgiou, NC Kyriakides… - 16th European …, 2018 - researchgate.net
An experimental campaign that studied the effectiveness of seismic retrofitting of existing
structures was simulated and analyzed in DIANA finite element analysis (FEA) software. The …