A5060524752- Masonry and Concrete Structural Analysis
- Seismic Performance and Analysis
- Structural Behavior of Reinforced Concrete
- Building materials and conservation
- Risk and Safety Analysis
- Occupational Health and Safety Research
- Infrastructure Resilience and Vulnerability Analysis
- Structural Health Monitoring Techniques
- earthquake and tectonic studies
- Structural Response to Dynamic Loads
- Structural Analysis of Composite Materials
- Disaster Response and Management
- Marine and environmental studies
University College London
2021-2023
Masonry buildings are generally vulnerable to seismic action, as evidenced extensively in past earthquakes. In order improve their performance, several modifications have been introduced, such reinforcing or confining the masonry. This paper presents a analysis and fragility assessment procedure for non-engineered masonry building typologies, employing applied element method (AEM). Compared with stiff diaphragms, conventional pushover-based is challenging of flexible due lack global box-like...
For the seismic vulnerability and risk assessment of school infrastructure in a region, it becomes necessary first to identify classify these constructions into distinct number structural typologies characterised by their features. This enables us rank expected different at initial screening stage as well characterise representative index buildings for detailed quantification. Currently, systematic comprehensive taxonomy tailored is not available. The present paper thus develops globally...
Abstract School buildings being a critical social infrastructure, assessment of their seismic behaviour is utmost importance in ensuring safe schooling facilities locations high seismicity. This study presents two important aspects analysing any existing building stock for behaviour: the development an appropriate taxonomy system and analytical method to conduct fragility assessment. A detailed desk schools’ databases tailored field investigation Guwahati, Assam, situated India’s highest...
Exposure of school buildings to floods and earthquakes poses significant risk the vulnerable population students their education process. In regions high exposure, these hazards may often act concurrently, whereby yearly flood events weaken masonry buildings, rendering them more frequent earthquake shaking. This recurring damage, combined with other functional losses, ultimately result in disruption delivery. The socio-economic condition users-community also plays a role extent such...
On 30 October 2020, an earthquake of M w 6.9 hit the Aegean coasts Turkey and Greece. The epicentre was some 14 km northeast Avlakia on Samos Island, 25 southwest Seferihisar, Turkey, triggering also a tsunami. event has been followed by >4,000 aftershocks up to 5.2 Earthquake Engineering Field Investigation Team (EEFIT) immediately gathered team conduct hybrid reconnaissance study, bringing together remote field investigation techniques. mission took place between 16 November 17...
On 30th October 2020, an earthquake of magnitude 6.9 hit the Aegean coasts Turkey and Greece. The epicentre was some 14 km northeast Avlakia settlement on Samos Island, 25 southwest Turkish town Seferihisar, Izmir. destruction caused concentrated mainly mid-rise RC buildings in certain districts Izmir city. Among diverse building typologies affected by event are traditional/vernacular hybrid timber-masonry masonry that common to This paper summarises discusses damage levels mechanisms...
<p class="first" id="d8160212e67">Flood is one of the most common natural hazards that causes fatalities and significant disruption to human life, including education delivery through schools. Although functionality significant, standing floodwater also lateral hydrostatic thrust on outer walls buildings. This study examines physical capacity school buildings against flood loads by means numerical modelling using Applied Element Method. Masonry with varying levels confinement are subjected...