ASEA SEC 04


BIM-BASED APPROACH FOR SEISMIC RISK ANALYSIS

VALENTINA VILLA, MARCO DOMANESCHI, GIAN PAOLO CIMELLARO, CARLO CALDERA


Abstract

The Italian school buildings asset consists of over 40,000 units. The most (more than 60%) were built before the introduction of the national standard on school buildings and constructions in seismic areas. The present research aims to implement a methodology that consists in an informative modelling for seismic risk analysis. The objective of the activity is to provide the policy makers of a useful tool for screening the existing building stock, in order to define the priorities of intervention. The research is divided into several parts. First of all, the most recurrent building technologies have to be defined with respect to the year of construction and the structural characteristics. Furthermore, to assess the seismic risk, the seismic hazard has also to be analyzed. Next, a multiphase process of increasing complexity has to be defined, in which two approaches of seismic analysis are tested. The first one is related to "simple" construction technologies (e.g. frame structures) where information can be collected through visual screening during inspections and through the study of the existing documentation. The second one is a more refined approach that includes non- destructive testing on site and structural analysis. Both procedures lead to the definition of BIM models.

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