Damage assessment after the Zagreb earthquake – The case study of the educational building

• DOI: 10.5592/co/1crocee.2021.197
• Publication Date: 2021-06-07T10:40:52Z
• Authors: Luka Lulić; Tvrtko Renić; Michele Škofić; Ivan Hafner; Tomislav Kisicek; Mislav Stepinac
• Keywords: masonry, earthquake, assessment, on-site testing, numerical modeling; numerical modeling; masonry; earthquake; assessment; 11. Sustainability; on-site testing

2020 was a tough year for Croatia, which experienced two significant earthquakes during an ongoing global pandemic. Damage from those earthquakes was extensive and mostly concentrated in the old masonry buildings. Many of the mentioned buildings exceeded the usual service life span, with some existing for over a century. Earthquakes exposed Croatian building stock’s vulnerability that should be mitigated as efficiently as possible in the coming years. Novel approaches in assessment procedures should be applied together with state-of-the-art repair and reconstruction of the damaged buildings.