Structural assessment and seismic vulnerability of earthen historic structures. Application of sophisticated numerical and simple analytical models

• Published in: Engineering structures Vol. 160; pp. 488 - 509
• Main Authors: Karanikoloudis, Georgios, Lourenço, Paulo B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2018; Elsevier BV
• Subjects: Acoustic measurement; Adobe historic constructions; Building codes; Clay; Construction materials; Cracking (fracturing); Cybersecurity; Damage detection; Damage survey; Design engineering; Displacement based approach; Dynamic identification tests; Earthquake damage; Fracture mechanics; Geological hazards; Ground motion; Historical buildings; Historical structures; Homogeneous modelling approach; Inspection; Limit analysis; Mapping; Mathematical models; Mechanical properties; Modal response; Nonlinear analysis; Nonlinear dynamic analysis; Nonlinear pushover analysis; Retrofitting; Seismic design; Seismic engineering; Seismic hazard; Seismic surveys; Seismic vulnerability; Sonic testing; Sonic tests; Structural assessment; Structural damage; Structural members; Vibration tests; Vulnerability; Damage survey; Nonlinear pushover analysis; Displacement based approach; Adobe historic constructions; Homogeneous modelling approach; Seismic vulnerability; Sonic tests; Limit analysis; Structural assessment; Dynamic identification tests; Nonlinear dynamic analysis

•Pushover and dynamic nonlinear analyses produce tensile crack patterns well correlated with the observed ones.•From the results of the dynamic identification tests, the system of ties is demonstrated as inactive.•Limit analysis can be a sufficient analytical tool in buildings without box behavior.•...