Cylindrical concrete cores of 10 cm diameter and height were taken from the columns and shear walls of randomly chosen 5-40 years old reinforced concrete (RC) buildings located in different towns of Istanbul and Izmit (Kocaeli) in Turkey from 2000 to date. The ultrasonic pulse velocity (UPV) measurements and uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) tests were conducted on 200 concrete core specimens...

Evaluation of the residual seismic capacity (RSC) post-earthquake damaged buildings is instrumental to formation reasonable recovery strategies. At present, incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) that considers mainshock and aftershock method most frequently used evaluate RSC structures. However, mainshock-induced structural damage determined using IDA may be inconsistent with observed in actual en...