NATO SfPS PROJECT: ASSESSMENT OF SEISMIC SITE AMPLIFICATION AND BUILDING VULNERABILITY IN MACEDONIA, CROATIA AND SLOVENIA
Abstract
The NATO Science for Peace and Security program project entitled Assessment of seismic site amplification and building vulnerability in Macedonia, Croatia and Slovenia (2005-2008) aimed at investigating the effects of local geological structures on seismic ground motion and building vulnerability using the microtremor method. This method enables estimation of the fundamental frequency of soft sediments which are deposited on a rocky basement and the two main building frequencies. The danger of soilstructure resonance can be thus established, as this can enhance damage to buildings in the case of an earthquake. The microtremor method enables quantitative seismic microzonation of urban areas. In Slovenia investigations were carried out in Ljubljana, the Bovec basin and the Ilirska Bistrica region. As part of the project an international workshop The increasing seismic safety by combining engineering technologies and seismological data was organized and a book published by Springer publisher. The results of the project will be published in a special issue of the Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.
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