scholarly journals Seismic Vulnerability and Property Losses to the Portuguese Industrial Steel Building Stock

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 40-52
Author(s):  
Miguel Araújo ◽  
José Miguel Castro ◽  
Mário Marques
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Production Equipment ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Industrial Property ◽  
Mainland Portugal ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Property Losses

Industry plays a key role in the economy of a country, people welfare and socio-economic resilience to natural disasters. Earthquakes are known to have damaging impacts on industrial property and activity, oftentimes resulting in costly structural and non-structural losses to industrial buildings, business closure, production failure and job losses. Notwithstanding this fact, the industrial building stock has been continuously excluded from seismic risk models developed for Portugal as it is usually assumed that industrial buildings are expected to withstand strong earthquakes due to their lightweight and design governed by wind loads. The aim of this paper is thus to give a first contribution to the assessment of the seismic vulnerability and property losses of the existing Portuguese industrial steel building stock. Both losses to structural and non-structural components and industry-specific contents, such as production equipment and machinery, are taken into account. The expected direct industrial property losses for a probability of exceedance of 10 % in 50 years for mainland Portugal are herein estimated.

scholarly journals Multi-Stripe Seismic Assessment of Precast Industrial Buildings With Cladding Panels

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krunal Gajera ◽  
Bruno Dal Lago ◽  
Luca Capacci ◽  
Fabio Biondini
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Probabilistic Approach ◽  
Frame Structure ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Lumped Mass ◽  
Limit States ◽  
Empirical Observation ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Cladding Panels

Following the empirical observation of widespread collapses of cladding panel connections of precast industrial buildings under recent seismic events, new design solutions have been developed in the framework of the European project SAFECLADDING, including isostatic systems effectively decoupling the seismic response of frame structure and cladding panels. The present paper is aimed at evaluating the seismic response and vulnerability of precast frame structures employing pendulum, cantilever, and rocking cladding connection systems. Within the framework of the research project RINTC–Implicit seismic risk of code-conforming structures funded by the Italian Civil Protection Department within the ReLUIS program, the seismic performance of a typical precast industrial building has been assessed with a probabilistic approach based on the results of static and multi-stripe dynamic non-linear analyses. The seismic vulnerability assessment of each structural system has been carried out with reference to life safety and damage limit states considering three sites of increasing seismic hazard in Italy. The effect of distributed panel mass modeling vs. more common lumped mass modeling has been analyzed and critically commented based on the results of demand over capacity (D/C) ratios. Moreover, biaxial seismic D/C ratios have been evaluated for realistic strong hinge connections for cladding panels.

scholarly journals Characterisation of Portuguese RC Precast Industrial Building Stock

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Rodrigues ◽  
R. Sousa ◽  
H. Vitorino ◽  
N. Batalha ◽  
H. Varum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Risk ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Industrial Park ◽  
Existing Buildings ◽  
Seismic Risk Analysis ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Global Geometry ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Vulnerability Model ◽  
Design Projects

The construction of a vulnerability model requires reliable information on the features of the buildings in the study. The purpose of this work is the characterisation of the precast industrial buildings in Portuguese industrial park, based on the survey of 73 design projects of existing buildings. The collected data are based on a previous study on the features that influence the seismic response of this type of buildings. The parameters collected are associated with the global geometry and specific elements characteristics (e.g., column dimensions, reinforcement ratios, and connections details), to the mechanical properties of the materials and other parameters that can give some important information in the characterisation of the buildings (e.g., construction year and localization). In the end, a comparison with other available databases, namely, from Italy and Turkey, is done in order to conclude about the similarity. This information is important to define representative experimental specimens and numerical simulation to conduce seismic risk analysis.

Functional and aesthetic transformation of industrial into housing spaces

2019 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 401-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Stanojevic ◽  
Aleksandar Kekovic
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Single Family ◽  
Industrial Heritage ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Industrial Architecture ◽  
Research Goal ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Xix Century

Buildings preservation by the conversion of their function has become a domain of interest in the field of industrial heritage. Due to the need to expand existing housing capacities in urban areas, a large number of industrial buildings are nowadays converted into multi-family and single-family housing. The paper deals with the analysis of the functional and aesthetic internal transformation of industrial into housing spaces. The research goal is to determine the principles of conceptualization of housing functional plan within the framework of the original physical structure of the industrial building, at the architectonic composition level and housing unit (dwelling) level. Besides, the paper aims to check the existence of common patterns of the aesthetic transformation of converted spaces, examined through three epochs of the development of industrial architecture: the second half of the XIX century, the first half of the XX century and the post-WWII period.

scholarly journals Fragility curves for Italian URM buildings based on a hybrid method

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Sandoli ◽  
G. P. Lignola ◽  
B. Calderoni ◽  
A. Prota
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Fragility Curves ◽  
Limit State ◽  
Ultimate Limit State ◽  
Masonry Building ◽  
Masonry Buildings ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Ground Acceleration ◽  
Damage Scenario

AbstractA hybrid seismic fragility model for territorial-scale seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is developed and presented in this paper. The method combines expert-judgment and mechanical approaches to derive typological fragility curves for Italian residential masonry building stock. The first classifies Italian masonry buildings in five different typological classes as function of age of construction, structural typology, and seismic behaviour and damaging of buildings observed following the most severe earthquakes occurred in Italy. The second, based on numerical analyses results conducted on building prototypes, provides all the parameters necessary for developing fragility functions. Peak-Ground Acceleration (PGA) at Ultimate Limit State attainable by each building’s class has been chosen as an Intensity Measure to represent fragility curves: three types of curve have been developed, each referred to mean, maximum and minimum value of PGAs defined for each building class. To represent the expected damage scenario for increasing earthquake intensities, a correlation between PGAs and Mercalli-Cancani-Sieber macroseismic intensity scale has been used and the corresponding fragility curves developed. Results show that the proposed building’s classes are representative of the Italian masonry building stock and that fragility curves are effective for predicting both seismic vulnerability and expected damage scenarios for seismic-prone areas. Finally, the fragility curves have been compared with empirical curves obtained through a macroseismic approach on Italian masonry buildings available in literature, underlining the differences between the methods.

scholarly journals Design space exploration for flexibility assessment and decision making support in integrated industrial building design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Reisinger ◽  
Maximilian Knoll ◽  
Iva Kovacic
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Design Space Exploration ◽  
Design Space ◽  
Parametric Design ◽  
Space Exploration ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Industrial Building ◽  
Industrial Buildings

AbstractIndustrial buildings play a major role in sustainable development, producing and expending a significant amount of resources, energy and waste. Due to product individualization and accelerating technological advances in manufacturing, industrial buildings strive for highly flexible building structures to accommodate constantly evolving production processes. However, common sustainability assessment tools do not respect flexibility metrics and manufacturing and building design processes run sequentially, neglecting discipline-specific interaction, leading to inflexible solutions. In integrated industrial building design (IIBD), incorporating manufacturing and building disciplines simultaneously, design teams are faced with the choice of multiple conflicting criteria and complex design decisions, opening up a huge design space. To address these issues, this paper presents a parametric design process for efficient design space exploration in IIBD. A state-of-the-art survey and multiple case study are conducted to define four novel flexibility metrics and to develop a unified design space, respecting both building and manufacturing requirements. Based on these results, a parametric design process for automated structural optimization and quantitative flexibility assessment is developed, guiding the decision-making process towards increased sustainability. The proposed framework is tested on a pilot-project of a food and hygiene production, evaluating the design space representation and validating the flexibility metrics. Results confirmed the efficiency of the process that an evolutionary multi-objective optimization algorithm can be implemented in future research to enable multidisciplinary design optimization for flexible industrial building solutions.

Seismic Vulnerability Analysis of FRP Retrofitting Industrial Buildings

2015 ◽  
Vol 724 ◽  
pp. 353-357
Author(s):  
Jian Zhu ◽  
Ping Tan ◽  
Pei Ju Chang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Response Spectrum ◽  
Time History ◽  
Seismic Intensity ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Polymers ◽  
Infill Wall ◽  
Intensity Index ◽  
Industrial Buildings ◽  
Dynamic Time ◽  
Masonry Infill Wall

This study focus on derivation of such vulnerability curves using Fiber Reinforced Polymers technologies retrofitted conventional RC industrial frames with masonry infill wall. A set of stochastic earthquake waves which compatible with the response spectrum of China seismic code are created. Dynamic time history analysis is used to compute the random sample of structures. Stochastic damage scatter diagrams based different seismic intensity index are obtained. Seismic vulnerability of FRP-reinforced RC industrial frames is lower than unreinforced frames obviously, and seismic capability of frames using FRP technologies is enhanced especially under major earthquake.

scholarly journals The requalification of industrial buildings: a circular economy perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 159-169
Author(s):  
Agata Maniero ◽  
Giorgia Fattori
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Circular Economy ◽  
Real Case ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Industrial Buildings

Since the 1970s, in Europe the industrial decommissioning phenomenon has led to the generation of an obsolescent and widespread building stock, located in highly strategic areas. This paper, aiming to make abandoned industrial buildings re-enter the market, focused on the development of prefabricated housing modules, according to the nested-building renovation approach. The project started from the constraint’s typological analysis (architectural, functional and structural) of 900 reinforced concrete industrial buildings in view of the intervention replicability. Finally, to validate the design and technological choices, the analysed system was applied to a real case study in Verona: the Greggi Warehouse (1960) in the “ex-Manifattura Tabacchi” factory area.

Behavior of multidirectional friction dampers

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (21-22) ◽  
pp. 1969-1979
Author(s):  
Recep Suk ◽  
Gökhan Altintaș
Keyword(s):  
Structural Damage ◽  
Load Capacity ◽  
Spherical Surface ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Surface Friction ◽  
Building Stock ◽  
Seismic Damper ◽  
Earthquake Performance ◽  
Production Techniques ◽  
Property Losses

Earthquakes are catastrophic events causing loss of lives, injuries, and extensive losses in properties. Majority of the life and property losses of earthquakes are dependent on the incapabilities of the building stock to resist earthquakes. Although unsuitable design, analyses, and production techniques play a major role as the main reasons for the poor performance of buildings against earthquakes, buildings constructed in accordance with building codes also suffer from the devastating impact of earthquakes. In this context, the lack of proper management and adequate damping of the energy caused by earthquakes is a major cause of structural damage in earthquakes. The efficiency of conventional basic elements in structures with energy damping is very limited and may not be sufficient for the damping of a large amount of earthquake-induced energy. Thanks to the rapid advances in technology and associated engineering techniques, numerous new products, and production and calculation techniques are underway to mitigate the devastating effects of earthquakes on buildings. In this study, it was aimed to theoretically and experimentally investigate the performance of a versatile friction-type seismic damper that eliminates earthquake energy. The damper is designed using a spherical surface friction joint to respond to all loads regardless of the loading direction. The damper can be easily adjusted to the desired capacity by means of bolt tensioning elements. Experiments have been carried out for various shear loads and damping parameters. Furthermore, numerical analysis of the model was carried out by use of the finite element method. The results of this study revealed that the shear load capacity of the device did not change at different frequencies. Analyzing the effect of the equipment on a structure, it was understood that it reduces roof displacement and periods of the structure. The analysis revealed that the damper significantly improved the earthquake performance of the structure.

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