<p>A considerable number of damaging earthquakes in Greece, have produced a variety of macroseismic effects to both built and natural environment. After a strong earthquake, rotational effects have been observed mainly on free-standing columns, statues, chimneys, ...

<p>This report presents an overview of the earthquake-induced changes that were observed to have affected the city&rsquo;s response to flood events. Following this Chapter 1 introduction, the second chapter presents a historical perspective of flooding and ...

<p>The pounding between adjacent buildings can cause both architectural and structural damages. The paper presents some aspects related to the Vrancea seismic motions pattern, a review of observed damages after a strong earthquake due to pounding of buildings ...

This paper investigates the influence of hysteretic characteristics of structures on contents damage. The damage to contents considered was limited to sliding induced damage, excluding rocking induced damage. A single storey structure and contents were modelled ...

Aftershocks following an earthquake can be damaging to the built environment, as observed in New Zealand during 2010 and 2011. In this paper, the aftershock sequence is discussed and a soil-foundation-structure numerical model is introduced. The numerical ...

On February 9 and 10, 2012,the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) convened a workshop with support from theU.S.National Science Foundation (NSF)to identify themes and directions for research resulting from the September 4, 2010 and February 22, ...

<p>This Geotechnical Quick Report is written primarily for engineers and geologists interested in the effects of this massive earthquake on the built environment, US investigators planning field surveys, and researchers preparing RAPID proposals to NSF for ...

This paper gives a summary of a reconnaissance mission conducted by the author on behalf of the AEES after the February 22nd 2011 (Christchurch) earthquake. It highlights the damage observed in reinforced concrete buildings, the effects of liquefaction and ...

<p>The ability of the reinforced soil retaining walls to take deformations and settlements of the foundation formations without losing their bearing capacity suggests it is one of the best solutions for the support of unstable slopes in loose formations. The ...

This report is about a reconnaissance team that studied the area of L'Aquila after the April 6th, 2009 earthquake.