Findings on Earthquake Engineering Reported by Investigators at Helmholtz Center (On-site structure-specific real-time risk assessment: perspectives…

Findings on Earthquake Engineering Reported by Investigators at Helmholtz Center (On-site structure-specific real-time risk assessment: perspectives from the REAKT project)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- A new study on Earthquake Engineering is now available. According to news reporting originating in Potsdam, Germany, by VerticalNews journalists, research stated, "The availability of computationally powerful and energy-efficient wireless sensing units or WSUs (one or more arranged in the form of a network in the vicinity and/or within a structure of interest) has led to new developments in the field of building and seismic strong motion monitoring. These WSUs can serve several functions."

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Helmholtz Center, "Those of largest earthquake engineering and engineering seismology interest are the recording of ground shaking the building is subjected to, as well as its response, and the capability of running rapid seismic risk analyses on the basis of vulnerability models of the structure, possibly coupled with recorded data. The REAKT project has shed light on a number of prospective applications of the last generation of monitoring devices for seismic risk management of critical structures. These applications refer to real-time and near-real-time risk assessment, that is: earthquake early warning, immediate post-event response evaluations based on recorded shaking, and short-term aftershock risk management for automated building tagging."

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "This paper summarizes these perspectives that, despite still presenting some challenges that may limit readiness to date, have potential for scientific innovation in the field."

For more information on this research see: On-site structure-specific real-time risk assessment: perspectives from the REAKT project. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 2016;14(9):2471-2493. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering can be contacted at: Springer, Van Godewijckstraat 30, 3311 Gz Dordrecht, Netherlands. (Springer - www.springer.com; Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering - www.springerlink.com/content/1570-761x/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting German Res Center Geosci, Helmholtz Center Potsdam, D-14467 Potsdam, Germany. Additional authors for this research include I. Iervolino and S. Parolai.

Keywords for this news article include: Potsdam, Germany, Europe, Earthquake Engineering, Engineering, Helmholtz Center.

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