Impact of Long-Period Ground Motions on Structural Design: A Case Study for Bucharest, Romania

Florin Pavel is a lecturer at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB). He graduated from the Faculty of Civil Engineering in Foreign Languages in 2008 and obtained his PhD at the same University in 2012. He has authored and co-authored more than 70 papers and one book related to the fields of earthquake engineering, seismic hazard, structural reliability and seismic risk. Viorel Popa has been the Dean of the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest (UTCB) since 2016. He graduated from the Technical University of Civil Engineering Bucharest in 1999 and obtained his PhD from the same university in 2006. He was Director of the National Center for Seismic Risk Reduction in the period 2009 - 2010 and Director of the Reinforced Concrete Department of UTCB in the period 2015 - 2016.

1. Introduction.- 2. Seismic Hazard Assessment for Bucharest.- 3. Evaluation of Soil Conditions in Bucharest.- 4. Characteristics of Ground Motions Recorded in Bucharest Area.- 5. Structural Design for Large Displacement Demands.- 6. Case Studies.- 7. Conclusions.