In this work we investigated the effects to man made structures and buildings caused by the December 26th, 2003, Bam(Iran) earthquake. The epicentre of the seism was nearby the ancient urban area of Bam and caused strong damage. Thedataset was composed by preand post-earthquake QuickBird panchromatic images, with 60 cm geometric resolution.The very high resolution images acquired by...

This paper briefly reviews the development of earthquake resistant design of buildings. The state-of-the-art of seismic design is discussed from the viewpoint of the performance criteria of buildings. These are (a) serviceability from frequent minor-intensity earthquake motions, (b) repairability from an infrequent but major-intensity earthquake motion, and (c) life safety from the maximum poss...

We demonstrate that interferometric observations of the Mw6.6 Bam (Iran) earthquake on December 26, 2003 acquired by Envisat-ASAR can not only map surface displacements and constrain fault models, but can also be used for damage mapping using the coherence magnitude. The Bam earthquake was the deadliest earthquake in 2003. An estimated 30000 people were killed and 85% of the buildings in the ar...

the interactive effects of adjacent buildings on their seismic performance are not frequently considered in seismic design. the adjacent buildings, however, are interrelated through the soil during seismic ground motions. the seismic energy is redistributed in the neighboring buildings through multiple structure-soil-structure interactions (sssi). for example, in an area congested with many nea...

This study aims at quantifying the influence on the traversability of road network of road network caused by building collapse in earthquake. To this end, an analysis method on post-earthquake traversability of road network considering building collapse is proposed. First, the time-history analysis of seismic response based on the multi-degree of freedom (MDOF) model is performed for regional b...

The Zagreb 2020 earthquake severely damaged the historic centre of city. Most damage occurred on masonry residential buildings, many which are situated very close to tram track. Although traffic-induced vibrations generally do not affect surrounding they can be harmful buildings by a previous earthquake. Vibrations could contribute further propagation existing cracks. effect depends factors, on...

A strong earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck the Mediterranean coast of Algeria on 21 May 2003 and the city of Zemmouri in Boumerdes province was most heavily damaged. QuickBird satellite observed the Zemmouri area on 23 May 2003. By image sharpening, buildings, cars and even debris can clearly be identified in a natural colour image. Preliminarily, the present authors performed visual damage in...