Multi-parameter Vulnerability Analysis of Settlement-Affected Masonry Buildings with Shallow/Piled Foundations: Case Studies in The Netherlands

G. Nicodemo*, D. Peduto, M. Korff, S. Ferlisi

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Abstract

The paper presents a probabilistic analysis aimed at identifying the most appropriate subsidence related intensity (SRI) parameter (e.g., differential settlement, relative rotation, deflection ratio) that can be used to forecast the severity level of building damage at municipal scale through the generation of empirical fragility and vulnerability curves. The analysis refers to a rich sample of more than seven hundred monitored (by remote sensing techniques) and surveyed masonry buildings – mainly resting with their (shallow or piled) foundations on highly compressible fine-grained “soft soils” – affected by settlements in four urban areas in The Netherlands. The achieved outcomes, once further calibrated and validated, could allow for an improvement of existing geotechnical damage criteria for buildings as well as help local authorities in charge of the management/protection of subsiding urban areas to plan adequate foundation repairing/replacing measures before damage reaches intolerable severity levels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCNRIG 2019: Geotechnical Research for Land Protection and Development
PublisherSpringer
Pages42-51
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020
EventNational Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering - Lecco, Italy
Duration: 3 Jul 20195 Jul 2019
http://www.gnig.it/cnrig-2019/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Civil Engineering
Volume40
ISSN (Print)2366-2557
ISSN (Electronic)2366-2565

Conference

ConferenceNational Conference of the Researchers of Geotechnical Engineering
Abbreviated titleCNRIG 2019
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityLecco
Period3/07/195/07/19
Internet address

Keywords

  • Masonry buildings
  • Settlements
  • Soft soils
  • Vulnerability

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