eprintid: 1474491 rev_number: 22 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/44/91 datestamp: 2016-02-10 11:06:23 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:56:14 status_changed: 2016-02-10 11:06:23 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Magliulo, G creators_name: Ercolino, M creators_name: Petrone, C creators_name: Coppola, O creators_name: Manfredi, G title: The Emilia earthquake: Seismic performance of precast reinforced concrete buildings ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 note: Copyright (2014) Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. abstract: On 20 and 29 May 2012, two earthquakes of MW5.9 and M W5.8 occurred in the Emilia region of northern Italy, one of the most developed industrial centers in the country. A complete photographic report collected in the epicentral zone shows the seismic vulnerability of precast structures, the damage to which is mainly caused by connection systems. Indeed, the main recorded damage is either the loss of support of structural horizontal elements, due to the failure of friction beam-to-column and roof-to-beam connections, or the collapse of the cladding panels, due to the failure of the panel-to-structure connections. The damage can be explained by the intensity of the recorded seismic event and by the exclusion of the epicentral region from the seismic areas recognized by the Italian building code up to 2003. Simple considerations related to the recorded acceleration spectra allow motivating the extensive damage due to the loss of support.© 2014, Earthquake Engineering Research Institute. date: 2014-01-01 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1193/091012EQS285M oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1049807 doi: 10.1193/091012EQS285M lyricists_name: Petrone, Crescenzo lyricists_id: CPETR03 actors_name: Petrone, Crescenzo actors_id: CPETR03 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Earthquake Spectra volume: 30 number: 2 pagerange: 891-912 issn: 8755-2930 citation: Magliulo, G; Ercolino, M; Petrone, C; Coppola, O; Manfredi, G; (2014) The Emilia earthquake: Seismic performance of precast reinforced concrete buildings. Earthquake Spectra , 30 (2) pp. 891-912. 10.1193/091012EQS285M <https://doi.org/10.1193/091012EQS285M>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1474491/1/2014%20Magliulo%20et%20al_Earth%20Spectra_Emilia%20eqk.pdf