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Seismic vulnerability of building aggregates through hybrid and indirect assessment techniques

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This work approaches the seismic vulnerability assessment of an old stone masonry building aggregate, located in San Pio delle Camere (Abruzzo, Italy), slightly affected by the 2009 April 6th earthquake occurred in L’Aquila and its districts. This building aggregate has been modelled by using the 3muri® software for seismic analysis of masonry constructions. On one hand, static non-linear numerical analyses were performed to obtain capacity curves together with the prediction of damage distributions for the input seismic action (hybrid technique). On the other hand, indirect techniques, based on different vulnerability index formulations, were used for assessing the building aggregate’s behaviour under earthquake action. The activities carried out have provided a clear framework on the seismic vulnerability of building aggregates, as well as aid future retrofitting interventions.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge to Eng. Davide Seni of the S.T.A. DATA company for giving the license to work with 3muri® and Dr. Serena Cattari for the useful suggestions on the use of the program. Lastly, a sincere acknowledge to Prof. Mauro Sassu, who provided drawings and information on the case study.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Aveiro, Campus Universitário de Santiago, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal

    Rui Maio & Romeu Vicente

  2. Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, University of Naples Federico II, P.le Tecchio 80, 80125, Naples, Italy

    Antonio Formisano

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, R. Dr. Roberto Frias, s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

    Humberto Varum

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Maio, R., Vicente, R., Formisano, A. et al. Seismic vulnerability of building aggregates through hybrid and indirect assessment techniques. Bull Earthquake Eng 13, 2995–3014 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-015-9747-9

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