Projects / Programmes
Study of the Seismic Safety and the Seismic Resistance of Buildings Owned by the Republic of Slovenia and Managed by the Ministry of Justice
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 2.01.00 |
Engineering sciences and technologies |
Civil engineering |
|
Seismic resistance, seismic strengthening, building stock managed by Ministry of the justice of the Republic Slovenia, examples of estimating the seismic resistance and strengthing of buildings, seismic stress tests, the second generation of Eurocode standards,the new version of Eurocode 8/3 standard
Data for the last 5 years (citations for the last 10 years) on
April 24, 2024;
A3 for period
2018-2022
Data for ARIS tenders (
04.04.2019 – Programme tender,
archive
)
| Database |
Linked records |
Citations |
Pure citations |
Average pure citations |
| WoS |
38 |
546 |
497 |
13.08 |
| Scopus |
64 |
797 |
711 |
11.11 |
Researchers (1)
| no. |
Code |
Name and surname |
Research area |
Role |
Period |
No. of publicationsNo. of publications |
| 1. |
11409 |
PhD Tatjana Isaković |
Civil engineering |
Head |
2021 - 2024 |
532 |
Organisations (2)
Abstract
The energy renovation of buildings has been taking place in Slovenia for several years. However, during this renovation, it is typically neglected that a large part of the building stock consists of older buildings, which also exhibit insufficient seismic resistance. Potentially critical are buildings built before 1980 when the first modern seismic design codes were obtained in Slovenia. Especially endangered can be those structures built before 1963 when there were no codes for seismic design available at all in Slovenia. Following the development of seismic design codes (and seismic engineering in general), it can be concluded that a considerable part of the building stock is potentially seismically endangered. Consequently, many casualties and significant material losses can be expected during strong earthquake events. This was already demonstrated by the seismic stress tests, which have been recently performed at UL FGG on behalf of the Ministry of the Environment and Spatial Planning of the Republic of Slovenia. This Ministry recently recognized the identification of critical building stock and its seismic strengthening as one of the most important directives and priorities. Therefore, it would be reasonable to estimate the seismic resistance and strengthen at least public facilities where many people congregate. To achieve this goal, specific steps and measures should be defined. The proposed project could be a step toward such a goal, since it is in line with the latest guidelines and trends in providing earthquake-resistant and resilient urban areas, and it is conceived as a prototype of good practice for earthquake strengthening of different building types. Specifically, the project’s content is assessing the seismic resistance of the building stock, which is managed by the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Slovenia. This assessment will provide the Ministry with information about the critical buildings and support formulating a long-term plan and strategy for their seismic strengthening. The conceptual design of seismic strengthening of selected typical buildings will be the basis for effective seismic management, investment planning and tenders for detailed design and implementation of specific structure’s strengthening. The analyses performed and the case studies provided within the project will represent examples of good practice, which will be able to use as an examples also by other managers of state buildings for the seismic strengthening of their building stock. Pilot examples of the seismic resistance analysis and strengthing according to the new European standard wdEC8/3 will be made. As an integral part of the second generation of Erocodes in preparation, this standard will replace the current one, which has been in force since 2008. The new wdEC8/3 includes updated procedures for assessing seismic resistance and seismic strengthening, developed based on the professional and scientific knowledge gained over the last two decades. The new standard changes even some essential requirements and procedures. Therefore, the pilot examples made within the project will be an important source of information about the new standard and will contribute to a smoother transition from the current version to the new standard.
