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Seismic Isolation Applications in Romania
Romania is one of the most seismic prone countries in Europe, as it has the Vrancea point source producing intermediate depth earthquakes and affecting a vast territory. The last big earthquake was in 1977 with a magnitude of 7.5 Mw on Richter scale. While the building stock is gradually aging, since most of it was built during the communist period (more than 40 years ago), many buildings, heritage or not, are now considered vulnerable to strong earthquakes and need urgent interventions. The conventional strengthening solutions, such as adding shear walls or jacketing, are usually being used due to economic reasons, but there are situations in which the disruption of the building’s functionality is the most important factor when deciding how to strengthen/retrofit a building. For such situations, recent technology such as seismic isolation is suitable. In Romania, there are few applications of seismic isolation, only applied at existing heritage buildings. The case studies will be briefly presented, with a special focus on the latest one, which is now under construction, the Fire Tower (Foisorul de Foc) Building, where 18 rubber bearings and 5 viscous dampers were used to seismically isolate the masonry tower from the foundation.
Seismic Isolation Applications in Romania
Romania is one of the most seismic prone countries in Europe, as it has the Vrancea point source producing intermediate depth earthquakes and affecting a vast territory. The last big earthquake was in 1977 with a magnitude of 7.5 Mw on Richter scale. While the building stock is gradually aging, since most of it was built during the communist period (more than 40 years ago), many buildings, heritage or not, are now considered vulnerable to strong earthquakes and need urgent interventions. The conventional strengthening solutions, such as adding shear walls or jacketing, are usually being used due to economic reasons, but there are situations in which the disruption of the building’s functionality is the most important factor when deciding how to strengthen/retrofit a building. For such situations, recent technology such as seismic isolation is suitable. In Romania, there are few applications of seismic isolation, only applied at existing heritage buildings. The case studies will be briefly presented, with a special focus on the latest one, which is now under construction, the Fire Tower (Foisorul de Foc) Building, where 18 rubber bearings and 5 viscous dampers were used to seismically isolate the masonry tower from the foundation.
Seismic Isolation Applications in Romania
Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Cimellaro, Gian Paolo (editor) / Dutu, Andreea (author) / Iordachescu, Adrian (author) / Mocanu, Dragos (author) / Soveja, Lucian (author)
World Conference on Seismic Isolation ; 2022 ; Turin, Italy
Seismic Isolation, Energy Dissipation and Active Vibration Control of Structures ; Chapter: 3 ; 26-46
2023-01-07
21 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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