Fukushima Earthquake (11/3/2011) documentary

Ντοκιμαντέρ του ΣΚΑΪ καταγράφει μέσα από συγκλονιστικές εικόνες τον σεισμό των 9 Ρίχτερ, το τσουνάμι και την πυρηνική καταστροφή στην Φουκουσίμα της Ιαπωνίας. Αυτόπτες μάρτυρες αλλά και επιστήμονες που βίωσαν και μελετούν αντίστοιχα αυτό το σεισμό και τις συνέπειες που προκλήθηκαν στην Ιαπωνία μιλούν στην κάμερα. Τα 9 Ρίχτερ που χτύπησαν την Ιαπωνία την Παρασκευή 11 Μαρτίου 2011 αποτέλεσαν τον πέμπτο μεγαλύτερο σεισμό που έχει καταγραφεί στον κόσμο από το 1900. Το τσουνάμι που ακολούθησε έφερε και τις εφιαλτικές συνέπειες των 10.000 και πλέον νεκρών αλλά και χιλιάδων αγνοουμένων. Ολόκληρες πόλεις χάθηκαν και τίποτα δεν είναι πια ίδιο για τους Ιάπωνες αλλά και ολόκληρο τον κόσμο μετά την καταστροφή που υπέστη το πυρηνικό εργοστάσιο της Φουκουσίμα

Eurocode 8-3 and Greek Code for Seismic Intervention (ΚΑΝ.ΕΠΕ.- GCSI:2012)

COUNCIL OF EUROPE/EUROPEAN CENTRE ON PREVENTION AND FORECASTING OF EARTHQUAKES (ECPFE)


EARTHQUAKE PLANNING AND PROTECTION ORGANIZATION (EPPO)
ATHENS WORKSHOP / EC 8-3 : 2005 and GCSI 2012, APRIL 12/2013

PROGRAMME
09:00/09:30 Welcome
09:30/09:45 K. Stylianidis Opening/General
09:45/10:15 M. Chronopoulos Main differences between EC8-3:2005 and GCSI:2012.
10:15/10:45 K. Stylianidis Basic principles of the GCSI - Performance Levels.
10:45/11:30 A. Kappos A pilot application of EC8-3. Reflections and comparisons with the GCSI.
11:30/11:45 Coffee break
11:45/12:30 S. Lagomarsino Performance based assessment of ancient masonry Buildings: Outcome of the European Project PERPETUATE.
12:30/13:00 M. Chronopoulos, P. Chronopoulos The GCSI and the RC infilled buildings.
13:00/13:45 V. Petkov Bulgarian seismic design codes and civil construction practice. Infilled reinforced concrete frames - Application and assessment of their resistance to lateral forces.
13:45/14:45 Light Lunch
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14:45/15:30 I. Craifaleanu Implementation of the EC8-p.3:2005 - Assessment and Interventions on buildings in Earthquake prone areas.
15:30/16:15 M. Fardis Modelling of concrete members: Developments after the completion of EN 1998-3:2005.
16:15/16:30 Coffee break
16:30/17:00 S. Dritsos Differences in the design of structural interventions according to the EC 8-3 and the GCSI.
17:00/17:30 T. Tassios, N. Koutsia Some comparisons between retrofitting provisions of EC 8-3 and other Codes For R.C. elements.
17:30/19:00 Discussion

ISSARS: New freeware for structure-specific ground motion selection

Current practice enables the design and assessment of structures in earthquake prone areas by performing time history analysis with the use of appropriately selected strong ground motions. This study presents a Matlab-based software environment, which is integrated with a finite element analysis package, and aims to improve the efficiency of earthquake ground motion selection by accounting for the variability of critical structural response quantities. This additional selection criterion, which is tailored to the specific structure studied, leads to more reliable estimates of the mean structural response quantities used in design, while fulfils the criteria already prescribed by the European and US seismic codes and guidelines. To demonstrate the applicability of the software environment developed, an existing irregular, multi-storey, reinforced concrete building is studied for a wide range of seismic scenarios. The results highlight the applicability of the software developed and the benefits of applying a structure-specific criterion in the process of selecting suites of earthquake motions for the seismic design and assessment.

Software, Video tutorials and Manuals available at: http://www.asextos.net/issars.html

Related Publication: Katsanos, E. and Sextos. A.G. (2013) “ISSARS: An integrated software environment for structure-specific earthquake ground motion selection”, Advances in Engineering Software, 58, 70-85.