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Damage assessment on building structures subjected to the recent near-fault earthquake in Lorca (Spain)
Year:2012
Research Areas
  • Engineering,
  • Civil engineering and architecture
Information
Abstract
The city of Lorca (Spain) was hit on May 11th 2011 by two consecutive earthquakes with 4.6 and 5.2 Mw respectively, causing casualties and important damage in buildings. Lorca is located in the south-east region of Spain and settled on the trace of the Murcia-Totana-Lorca fault. Although the magnitudes of these ground motions were not severe, the damage observed was considerable over a great amount of buildings. More than 300 of them have been demolished and many others are being retrofitted. This paper reports a field study on the damage caused by these earthquakes. The observed damage is related with the structural typology. Further, prototypes of the damaged buildings are idealized with nonlinear numerical models and their seismic behavior and proneness to damage concentration is further investigated through dynamic response analyses.
International
Si
Congress
15 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
960
Place
Lisboa
Reviewers
Si
ISBN/ISSN
0000000000
0000000000
Start Date
24/09/2012
End Date
29/09/2012
From page
1
To page
10
Proceedings of the 15 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering
Participants
  • Autor: Jesus Donaire-Avila UGR
  • Autor: Amadeo Benavent Climent UPM
  • Autor: Albeerto Escobedo UGR
  • Participante: Elena Oliver UGR
  • Autor: Ana Luisa Ramirez-Marquez UGR
Research Group, Departaments and Institutes related
  • Creador: Grupo de Investigación: Ingeniería Sísmica: Dinámica de Suelos y Estructuras
  • Departamento: Mecánica Estructural y Construcciones Industriales