Feasibility of pre-earthquake strengthening of buildings based on cost-benefit and life-cycle cost analysis, with the aid of fragility curves
There are two fundamental questions this article aims to deal with. First, whether a pre-earthquake strengthening of a large and heterogeneous building stock (the emphasis here is on building types common in S. Europe), is economically feasible or not, and second what is the optimal retrofit level for mitigating the seismic risk. To this purpose contemporary decision making tools, namely cost-benefit and life-cycle cost analyses, are tailored to the needs of the present study, and implemented with the aid of an ad-hoc developed new software application (COBE06). A method for estimating the reduction in structural vulnerability due to retrofit is proposed, as well as a methodology to determine the optimum retrofit level using the fragility curve approach. Finally, the proposed methodology is used in a pilot application that concerns the city of Thessaloniki, and results are drawn for the feasibility of strengthening the reinforced concrete building stock in this city. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
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2008
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Authors: | Kappos, Andreas ; Dimitrakopoulos, E. |
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Natural Hazards. - International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards. - Vol. 45.2008, 1, p. 33-54
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International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards |
Subject: | Benefit-cost analysis | Pre-earthquake strengthening | Reinforced concrete buildings | Life-cycle cost analysis |
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