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Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Historic Masonry Buildings

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Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings

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Seismic risk evaluation of built-up areas involves analysis of the level of earthquake hazard of the region, building vulnerability and exposure. Within this approach that defines seismic risk, building vulnerability assessment assumes great importance, not only because of the obvious physical consequences in the eventual occurrence of a seismic event, but also because it is the one of the few potential aspects in which engineering research can intervene. In fact, rigorous vulnerability assessment of existing buildings and the implementation of appropriate retrofitting solutions can help to reduce the levels of physical damage, loss of life and the economic impact of future seismic events. Vulnerability studies of urban centres should be developed with the aim of identifying building fragilities and reducing seismic risk. As part of the rehabilitation of the historic city centre of Coimbra, a complete identification and inspection survey of old masonry buildings has been carried out. The main purpose of this research is to discuss vulnerability assessment methodologies, particularly those of the first level, through the proposal and development of a method previously used to determine the level of vulnerability, in the assessment of physical damage and its relationship with seismic intensity.

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  1. Civil Engineering Department, Aveiro University, Aveiro, 3810-193, Portugal

    Romeu Vicente, Tiago Miguel Ferreira, Humberto Varum & Aníbal Costa

  2. Civil Environmental and Geomatic Engineering, University College London, WC1E 6BT, London, UK

    Dina D′Ayala

  3. Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, University of Genova, 16145, Genova, Italy

    Sergio Lagomarsino

  4. Civil Engineering Department, Coimbra University, Coimbra, 3030-788, Portugal

    J. A. R. Mendes da Silva

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Vicente, R. et al. (2014). Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Historic Masonry Buildings. In: Costa, A., Guedes, J., Varum, H. (eds) Structural Rehabilitation of Old Buildings. Building Pathology and Rehabilitation, vol 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39686-1_11

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