Damage detection in a precast structure subjected to an earthquake: A numerical approach

Abstract Seismic risk mitigation is a relevant issue in European regions, such as Italy, characterized by the presence of a large stock of vulnerable existing industrial buildings. Through a case study, the article proposes an integrated novel approach for the diagnosis of structures after a seismic event. The suggested monitoring system is based on recording the accelerations of a real structure during an earthquake and on their introduction as input into a Numerical Model (NM), suitably tuned, to outline a possible post-earthquake scenario. The leading idea of this approach is to provide an estimation of the health and remaining life of monitored structures and to detect and quantify the damage, some of the crucial issues of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM). The technique is applied to a real structure, an industrial building liable to some seismic vulnerabilities. The structure has never been subjected to an earthquake, so the actual accelerations could not be recorded. For this reason, they are acquired from a second NM subjected to real and simulated earthquakes.

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