Title
Vulnerability assessment of earthen structures
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
book part
Publisher(s)
Elsevier
Abstract
Around 17 percent of the total World’s population leaves in earthen structures. These structures are often located in developing countries which are prone to the occurrence of strong seismic actions. Unfortunately, unreinforced earthen buildings are characterized by a poor structural performance during earthquakes, experiencing severe damage and also partial or complete collapse. Then, there is the necessity to understand and to evaluate the seismic vulnerability these structures to elaborate effective strategies for risk management and mitigation. In this chapter, some study cases associated with the seismic vulnerability assessment of adobe buildings using empirical, mechanical, and analytical methodologies are presented and discussed. A detailed application of the latter to adobe dwellings located in Cusco, Peru, employing displacement- and force-based approaches, is also reported for 1 and 2-story adobe dwellings.
Start page
127
End page
150
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Geoquímica, Geofísica
Ingeniería civil
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85131469760
Resource of which it is part
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Civil Engineering Structures at Multiple Scales: From Single Buildings to Large-Scale Assessment
ISBN of the container
9780128240717
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus