Destructing to preserve
New paper out, led by Panagiotis Martakis and Yves Reuland
Existing masonry buildings often present the weakest link in the chain of seismic risk.
We put forth the concept of benefiting from planned destructive processes (e.g. scheduled demolitions) in order to harness information for the protection and preservation of masonry structures.
In this newly published work, Panagiotis Martakis, Yves Reuland, Marco Imesch, and Eleni Chatzi use monitoring data from planned demolitions of 9 masonry buildings in the Zurich area to update models and reduce uncertainties related to the seismic performance of existing buildings.
read more in the current issue of the external page Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering.