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September 14th, 2021

Influence of interventions on the seismic performance of URM buildings designed according to pre-modern codes

On November 26,2019, an earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hit Durres city, Albania. After the earthquake, the inspection carried out by […]

September 14th, 2021

The effect of material strength and discontinuity in RC structures according to different site-specific design spectra

Seismic-induced damages in reinforced-concrete (RC) buildings were primarily associated with materials’ low strength and poor properties. This study aims to […]

September 14th, 2021

Model of seismic design lateral force levels for the existing reinforced concrete European building stock

As part of the development of a European Seismic Risk Model 2020 (ESRM20), the spatial and temporal evolution of seismic […]

September 14th, 2021

STRUCTURAL PERFORMANCE OF URM SCHOOL BUILDINGS DURING THE 2019 ALBANIA EARTHQUAKES

This paper aims to study the seismic performance of school buildings, which have been built in accordance with template unreinforced […]

April 15th, 2020

Influence of material properties on the seismic response of masonry buildings

Abstract- Recent earthquakes occurred in many parts of the world have shown that unreinforced masonry [URM] buildings constructed according to […]

March 1st, 2020

Comparison of near and far-fault ground motion effects on low and mid-rise masonry buildings

Abstract This paper presents a comparison of near and far-fault ground motion effects on the seismic response of masonry structures, […]

October 10th, 2019

A Simple Approach for the Design of Ductile Earthquake-Resisting Frame Structures Counting for P-Delta Effect

Abstract In the last decades, the possibility to use the inelastic capacities of structures have driven the seismic design philosophy […]

September 21st, 2018

Effects of the isolation parameters on the seismic response of steel frame

Abstract  In this paper, an analytical study was carried out to propose an optimum base-isolated system for the design of […]

June 20th, 2018

Earthquake performance assessment of low and mid-rise buildings: Emphasis on URM buildings in Albania

Abstract This study focuses on the earthquake performance of two URM buildings having typical architectural configurations common for residential use […]

June 9th, 2018

Effects of structural irregularities on low and mid-rise RC building response

Abstract During the recent earthquakes, it has been observed that structural irregularities are one of the main reasons of the […]