ZAPICO BLANCO , Beatriz

This guide is intended to be a resource, and not a manual, for increasing the resilience of an educational community, by showing the community what they can do on their own account and how they can strengthen their ability to handle seismic risk (for example, being informed and familiarised with the characteristics that affect the vulnerability...

El presente libro tiene como objetivo la presentación del trabajo desarrollado en el proyecto europeo de investigación PERSISTAH (Projetos de Escolas Resilientes aos SISmos no Território do Algarve e de Huelva, en portugués), el cual se ha desarrollado de forma cooperativa por la Universidad de Sevilla (España) y la Universidad del Algarve...

This manual is designed to sup-port the training of primary school teachers, instructors and technicians, who want to improve their knowledge and develop activities about seismic and tsunami risk. The contents and information of this document come from researches carried out at present, and also as the continuation of other projects in which...

Foi concebido para apoiar a formação de professores, monitores e técnicos da área educativa do 1º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB), que queiram melhorar os seus conhecimentos e desenvolver atividades sobre o risco sísmico e de tsunami. Os conteúdos e informação contidos neste documento surgem de novas pesquisas agora realizadas, mas também na...

Esta guía pretende ser un recurso, que no un manual, para aumentar la resiliencia de la comunidad educativa, mostrándole qué es lo que puede hacer por sí misma y cómo puede fortalecer sus capacidades frente al riesgo sísmico (por ejemplo, estando informada y familiarizada con las características que inciden en la vulnerabilidad de un espacio en...

Está guía está concebida para apoyar la formación del personal educativo de enseñanza primaria, que quiera mejorar su conocimiento y desarrollar actividades sobre el riesgo sísmico y de tsunami. Los contenidos e información de este documento son fruto del trabajo realizado en el marco del proyecto PERSISTAH, y también como continuación de otros...

Este Guia pretende ser um recurso para aumentar a resiliência da comunidade educativa, mostrando que é possível viver com os sismos e que se tomarmos medidas preventivas os riscos de perdas e ferimentos reduzem bastante. Como uma emergência pode acontecer em qualquer lugar e a qualquer momento, é importante que a comunidade educativa, esteja...

Seismic testing of large-size models is nowadays possible thanks to the pseudodynamic (PsD) method, which resembles a quasi-static method with the application of slowly varying forces to the test structure. Low testing velocity may change the behaviour of the materials with respect to their behaviour at real velocity due to strain rate effect...

A DLL (Dynamic Link Library) is a file of code containing functions that can be called from other executable code. The advantage of working with DLLs at ELSA PsD Master controller is in the modularity for programming the testing method and algorithm without the need to work with the master.exe program. This new version of DLL allows the...

The European Laboratory for Structural Assessment (ELSA) belongs to the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission. It is one of the units of the Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizen (IPSC) at the Ispra Site of the JRC. The main facility of ELSA is a large Reaction Wall‐Strong Floor system equipped with powerful...

The determination of the shear strength parameters by means of in-situ shove test is a key issue in the material characterization of unreinforced brick masonry buildings. The wall stress distribution following the removal of the bricks and the mortar joint dilatancy affect the determination of the friction angle and the initial shear strength...

Human induced seismicity has become an uprising problem in the Groningen region of The Netherlands, in which the vast majority of buildings are non-seismically engineered unreinforced masonry houses. In order to accurately assess the seismic vulnerability of these buildings, a characterization of the constitutive masonry is required. In 2015,...

This paper aims to analyse the ductility of existing buildings to evaluate its influence in their 14 seismic performance. This has been achieved through the retrospective analysis of an existing 15 building in accordance with current seismic codes. This study has revealed the lack of guidance 16 in the NCSE02 and the EC8 regarding the...

The Mosque of Cordoba (Spain) is an emblem of the rich cultural heritage of Western Andalusia. This research focuses on the mechanical characterization of the natural stone used in the building. Determining its properties is crucial to understanding the structural behaviour of the entire building. An experimental campaign with various...

The preservation of The Great Mosque of Córdoba (Spain) as a carrier of Andalusian collective memory requires innovative approaches to assess and maintain its structural health. This research centers on two non-destructive methods: direct ultrasound testing and rebound hammer. Laboratory tests were performed on natural stone provided by the...

Previous research has indicated that many European buildings are vulnerable to moderate-magnitude earthquakes. For example, during the L´Aquila (Italia, Mw 6.3, 2009) and Lorca (Spain, Mw 5.9, 2011) earthquakes, many old buildings were severely damaged and some of them collapsed. In specific, significant damage has been found in several school...

One of the classical applications of the SMA is based on the used of the hysteresis cycle associated to the martensitic transformation (classically, described as a first order phase transition) for damping devices. For each application a detailed knowledge of the conditions to be accomplished by the material is absolutely necessary. For the...

Capacity curves obtained from nonlinear static analyses are widely used to perform seismic assessments of structures as an alternative to dynamic analysis. This paper presents a novel 'en masse' method to assess the seismic vulnerability of urban areas swiftly and with the accuracy of mechanical methods. At the core of this methodology is the...

Spanish primary school buildings are likely to present a high seismic vulnerability. This is due to two main factors: (a) most of them were built prior to the enforcement of the Spanish seismic codes; (b) the elevated child-to-adult ratio compromises the effectivity of the evacuation plans. In this work, the schools of the Spanish province of...