Post-Earthquake Damage Assessment—Case Study of the Educational Building after the Zagreb Earthquake

Luka Lulić, Karlo Ožić, Tomislav Kišiček, Ivan Hafner and Mislav Stepinac
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Luka Lulić: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Karlo Ožić: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Kišiček: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Ivan Hafner: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Mislav Stepinac: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Zagreb, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 11, 1-25

Abstract: In the wake of recent strong earthquakes in Croatia, there is a need for a detailed and more comprehensive post-earthquake damage assessment. Given that masonry structures are highly vulnerable to horizontal actions caused by earthquakes and a majority of the Croatian building stock is made of masonry, this field is particularly important for Croatia. In this paper, a complete assessment of an educational building in Zagreb Lower Town is reported. An extensive program of visual inspection and geometrical surveys has been planned and performed. Additionally, an in situ shear strength test is presented. After extensive fieldwork, collected data and results were input in 3Muri software for structural modeling. Moreover, a non-linear static (pushover) analysis was performed to individuate the possible failure mechanisms and to compare real-life damage to software results.

Keywords: assessment; earthquake; Zagreb; case study; cultural heritage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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