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Dissertation
Design procedure for shear panels and their connections in Hysteretic Device Systems
(2018-07)
Every year, earthquakes kill thousends of people and destroy or damage many buildings and structures worldwide. It was observed that the damages induced by earthquakes in developed countries (e.g., Japan and the USA) are less when compared to less developed countries such as Iran, Turkey or Pakistan. Comparing the earthquake damages indicated that even in new and modern buildings, some problems can be seen facing large earthquakes.
Every earthquake has proved the vulnerability of many structures to damages. A lot ...
Dissertation
Virtual portfolios for earthquake insurance related risk simulations
(2018-04-05)
Seismic Risk, a combination of Hazard, Vulnerability and Loss, is becoming a mainstream topic due to an increase in the losses and damage caused by earthquake related effects worldwide.
Therefore, it has become an important aspect for insurer and reinsurers since it is extremely difficult to assess due to the lack of the necessary data compared, for example, to car insurance (chapter 1). As described in chapter 2, where the state of the art of seismic risk assessment and simulation is described alongside a more ...