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Seismic Rehabilitation for Structures

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Seismic rehabilitation includes all concepts associated with reparation, upgrading, retrofitting, and strengthening . They contribute to a reduction in the vulnerability of structures due to various reasons and motivations, such as a revision of design codes or earthquake damages, etc.

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Jia, J. (2017). Seismic Rehabilitation for Structures. In: Modern Earthquake Engineering . Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31854-2_29

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