Description and analysis of building damage due to Pyrgos, Greece earthquake

Karantoni, FV; Bouckovalas, G

dc.contributor.author	Karantoni, FV	en
dc.contributor.author	Bouckovalas, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:12:44Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:12:44Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.identifier.issn	0267-7261	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12224
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dc.subject	Buildings	en
dc.subject	Damage	en
dc.subject	Earthquakes	en
dc.subject	Masonry	en
dc.subject	Reinforced concrete	en
dc.subject	Vulnerability	en
dc.subject.classification	Engineering, Geological	en
dc.subject.classification	Geosciences, Multidisciplinary	en
dc.subject.other	Buildings	en
dc.subject.other	Failure analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Reinforced concrete	en
dc.subject.other	Soil structure interactions	en
dc.subject.other	Statistical methods	en
dc.subject.other	Structural analysis	en
dc.subject.other	Structural frames	en
dc.subject.other	Damage	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Earthquake resistance	en
dc.subject.other	earthquake damage	en
dc.subject.other	Pyrgos earthquake 1993	en
dc.subject.other	seismic response	en
dc.subject.other	soil conditions	en
dc.subject.other	structural response	en
dc.subject.other	Greece, Peloponnesus, Pyrgos	en
dc.title	Description and analysis of building damage due to Pyrgos, Greece earthquake	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1997	en
heal.abstract	On March 1993 an earthquake of magnitude Ms = 5·5 shook Pyrgos, a town in Western Peloponnissos, one of the most seismic prone areas in Greece. The damage induced to modern reinforced concrete buildings was rather light in contrast to the damage induced to historic and traditional buildings of adobe, stone or brick masonry which was severe. In order to study the causes of structural damage, detailed data are collected from a rather large statistical sample of 1023 masonry buildings and 22 reinforced concrete framed buildings with visible damage. For each building the number of storeys, the material of construction, as well as the type and the degree of damage are recorded. In addition, consideration is given to the site of the building within the town and the corresponding soil conditions. For reinforced concrete buildings, damage occured mostly in areas with relatively high estimated spectral accelerations and fundamental soil periods of vibration close to those of the buildings. Nevertheless, further analysis is required to explain the selective damage of a very small number of buildings. For masonry houses, the effect of soil conditions is more systematic. Moreover, the effects of the number of storeys as well as the age and material of construction appear to be dominant. © 1997 Elsevier Science Limited. All rights reserved.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCI LTD	en
heal.journalName	Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1997WH67200005	en
dc.identifier.volume	16	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	141	en
dc.identifier.epage	150	en