Advances in Earthquake Engineering for Urban Risk Reduction (eBook)

Contributing Authors.Preface. Foreword. From Duzce to the City.- M. Sozen.- Recent Advances in the Seismic Rehabilitation of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Japan; S. Sugano.- Concrete or FRP Jacketing of Concrete Columns for Seismic Retrofitting; S.N. Bousias et al.- In Service Seismic Strenghtening of RC Framed Buildings; T. Tankut et al.- An Equivalent Linearization Procedure for Displacement-Based Seismic Assessment of Vulnerable RC Buildings; M. S. Gunay, H. Sucuoglu.- A Displacement-Based Adaptive Pushover for Assessment of Buildings and Bridges; R. Pinho et al.- In Defence of Zeytinburnu;G. Ozceb et al.- Automated Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment of Instrumented Buildings; F. Naeim et al.- A Detailed Seismic Performance Assessment Procedure for RC Frame Buildings; A. Yakut, E. Erduran.- Assessment of Seismic Fragility Curves for low-and-mid-rise Reinforced Concrete Frame Buildings using Dusce Field Database; M. A. Erberik, S. Cullu.- Seismic Rehabilitation of low-rise Precast Industrial Buildings in Turkey; S.L. Wood.- Seismic Risk Mitigation through Retrofitting Non-Ductile Concrete Frame Systems; M. Saatcioglu.- Hyde-systems for Earthquake Protection of Residential Buildings; U.E. Dorka, S. Gleim.- Learning from Earthquakes to improve Rehabilitaion Guidelines for Reinforced Concrete Buildings;J.0. Jirsa.- Seismic Risk Scenarios for an Efficient Seismic Risk Management: The Case of Thessaloniki (Greece); K.Pitilakis et al.-The Multi-Axial Full-Scale Sub-Structured Testing and Simulation (Must-Sim) Facility at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; A. S. Elnashai et al.- Recent Experimental Evidence on the Seismic Performance of Rehabilitation Techniques in Mexico; S.M. Alcoce et al.- CFRP Overlays in strengthening of Frames with Column Rebar Lap Splice Problem; S.t Ozden, U. Akguzel.- Seismic Retrofit of Infilles Reinforced Concrete Frames with CFRP Composites; E. Yukse et al.-Axial Behavior of RC Columns Retrofitted with FRP Composites; A.Ilkiet al.- Collapse of Lightly Confined Reinforced Concrete Frames during Earthquakes; J.P. Moehie et al.- Evaluation of Approximate Nonlinear Procedures for Observed Response of a Shear Wall Structure; P. Gulkan et al.-Assessment and Retrofit of Full-scale Models of Existing RC Frames; A. V. Pinto, F. Taucer.- Development of Internet Based Seismic Vulnerability Assessment Tools; A. Turer, B.Yalim.-A Comparative Study of Displecement, Force and Pushover Approaches for Design of Continuous Span Bridges; M.Calvi et al.- Seismic Rehabilitation using Infill Wall Systems; R.J. Frosch.- Shake Table Experiment on One-Story RC Structure with and without Masonry Infill; A.Hashemi, K.M. Mosalam.- Opportunities and Challenges of Modern Concrete Technology in Earthquake Hazard Mitigation; C. Meyer.- Shaking Table Tests of Scaled RC Frame Models for Investigation of Validity and Applicability of Different Retrofitting Techniques; M.Garevsk et al.-Analysis of Infilled Reinforced concrete Frames Strengthened with FRPS; B.Binici et al.- Tensile Capacities of CFRP Anchors; G.Ozdemir, U.Akyuz.- Using a Displacement-Based Approach for Earthquake Loss Estimation; J.J. Bommer et al.-Nonlinear Drift Demands on Moment-Resisting Stiff Frames; A.Mettin, S. Akkar.- The Seismic Well-being of Buildings: Diagnostics and Remedies; S.Tanvir Wasti, U.Ersoy.- Envoi.- Acknowledgements.