Seismic response of structures and infrastructure facilities during the Lefkada, Greece earthquake of 14/8/2003

Seismic response of traditional buildings of Lefkas Island, Greece

“…The maximum peak horizontal ground acceleration (PGA) was recorded at the centre of Lefkas town and it reached 0.42 of gravity acceleration (0.42g). In the transverse horizontal and vertical directions the maximum peak ground accelerations (PGAs) reached 0.34g and 0.19g, respectively [3,4]. The long duration of the strong motion of the event (about 18 s), which was combined with the high PGA values, established this earthquake as one of the most intense ever recorded in Greece [3].…”

Derivation of Fragility Curves for Traditional Timer-Framed Masonry Buildings Using Nonlinear Static Analysis

“…Previous analyses have been carried out without considering any interaction between the building and the soil as full restraints have been applied at the basis of the piers. However, the city of Lefkas is situated on soft alluvial deposits [14] which give rise to compliance of the URM foundations. These URM foundations are usually strengthened with a substructure made of layers of tree trunks to increase their stiffness [7,15].…”

Performance of structures in the rural area during the March 8, 2010 Elazığ-Kovancılar earthquake

“…The earthquake performance of the reinforced concrete structures are evaluated by Sezen et al (2003) for 1999 Kocaeli earthquake and by Dogangün (2004) for 2003 Bingöl earthquake. Karakostas et al (2005) evaluated seismic behavior of the buildings and the infrastructure in the Lefkada for Greece earthquake of August 14, 2003. In these studies, damages and deficiencies in the reinforced concrete, masonry, and traditional dual buildings were discussed in detail.…”