Increasing Seismic Safety by Combining Engineering Technologies and Seismological Data

By Marijan Herak, John Cassidy, Marco Mucciarelli, et al.

Book Overview

Introduction. Group picture, Participants sketches and names. 1. The Use of Ambient Noise for Building and Soil Characterisation; M. Herak.- The Need for Standardized Approach for Estimating the local Site Effects Based on Ambient Noise Recordings; K Atakan.- Are Transients Carrying Useful Information for Estimating H/V Spectral Ratios? S. Parolai et al.- Basic Structure of QTS (HVSR) and Examples of Applications; Y. Nakamura.- Ambient Noise and Site Response: from Estimation of Site Effects to determination of the Subsoil Structure; F.J. Chavez-Garci.- In-Situ Estimates of Material Damping from Environmental Noise Measurements; D. Albarello and F. Baliva.- Estimates of Vs30 Based on Constrained H/V Ratio Measurements Alone; S. Castellaro, F. Mulargia.- Comparison of Recorded Dynamic Characteristics of Structures and Ground During Strong and Weak Shaking; M. ?elebi.- HVSR Technique Improvement Using Redundant Wavelet Transform; F. Vallianatos, G. Hioupis.- 2. Effect of Buildings on Free-Field Ground Motion; M. Mucciarelli.- Effect of Building-Building Interaction on 'Free-Field' Ground Motion; M. Mucciarelli et al.- 3. Role of Dynamic Properties on Building Vulnerability; A. Masi.- How Far Ambient Noise Measurement may help to Assess Building Vulnerability?C. Boutin, S. Hans.- Assessment of Seismic Capacity of Existing Buildings - Effects of Uncertainties; D. Baros et al.- Estimation of the period of Vibration of Existing RC Building Types Based on Experimental Data and Numerical Results; A. Masi, M. Vona.- Retrofitting and Strengthening Evaluation from Stiffness Variations of a Damaged Building from Ambient Vibration Recordings; M.N. Farsi et al.- 4. State-of-the-Art - Recent Advances and Applications; J.F. Cassidy.- Microtremor Soil-Structure Resonance Study in the Bovec Basin (NW Slovenia) Related to 1998 and 2004 Damaging Earthquakes; A. Gosar.- Recent Earthquake Site Response Studies in Canada; J.F. Cassidy, S. Molnar.-Recent Applications of Ambient Vibration Measurements in Croatia; M. Herak.- Applications to World Heritage Sites; J. Saita.- Two Applications of the HVSR Technique to Cultural Heritage and Historical Masonry; D. Liberatore et al.- Overview of Seismic Hazard Studies in Tunis City; N. Bouden-Romdhane et al.- An Empericial Geotechnical Seismic Site Response Procedure; A. Rodriguez-Marek et al.- Conclusions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140209194X
• ISBN13: 9781402091940
• Release Date: November 2008
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"