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- PublicationOpen AccessSeismic risk assessment of italian seaports: the case of Ancona (Italy)(2008-10)
; ; ; ; ;Pessina, V.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Scandella, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Franceschina, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Milano-Pavia, Milano, Italia ;Lai, C.G.; Eucentre Pavia; ; ; A National research project was recently carried out to develop a robust methodology for the design and retrofit of wharves structures located in areas of high to moderate seismicity. A detailed census of the Italian major seaports was performed using purposely devised questionnaires and Ancona harbor was chosen for a detailed investigation with the aim of providing risk assessment guidelines. This port has been selected as representative of a moderate seismicity area (expected peak ground acceleration of 0.25 g with a return period of 475 yrs). Ancona is the first harbor in the Adriatic sea, with more than a 1.500.000 passenger service and 150.000 trucks transit. It is equipped with 30 wharfs, 25 of which built in 1965-1975. To compute deterministic ground shaking scenarios, predictive empirical models have been used. At the same time advanced numerical simulation have been carried out both at high (0.7-30 Hz) and low (0-1.3) frequency ranges. The contributions of site effects and liquefaction have been also taken into account in damage estimation. Standard risk assessment has been performed using the empirical curves implemented in HAZUS program (NIBS, 2004), supported by recent studies (Lessloss, 2006, Del. 89) on damage observed after the 2003 event in Lefkas (Greece).203 895 - PublicationRestrictedAn inter-disciplinary and multi-scale approach to assess the spatial variability of ground motion for seismic microzonation: the case study of Cavezzo municipality in Northern Italy(2020)
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Seismic microzonation represents a basic tool for prevention activity planning and land management. An extensive and detailed microzonation study was performed with reference to the territory of the Municipality of Cavezzo, damaged during the seismic sequence hitting Emilia-Romagna Region, Northern Italy, in 2012. In this paper, we discuss the work carried out to characterize the spatial variability of ground motion amplification due to local soil conditions in the municipality area. An inter- and multi-disciplinary approach is presented, involving geotechnical engineers, geophysicists, geologists and seismologists from different institutions, to thoroughly characterize the territory using complementary techniques with different level of resolution and confidence. A considerable amount of geomorphological, geological, hydrogeological, seismological, geotechnical and geophysical investigations was collected and processed for the purpose. A GIS-based (Geographic Information System) platform was initially setup to manage the gathered data, which now includes the results of about 1000 geotechnical and geophysical tests. Such an extended dataset was then used as a primary constraint for the creation of a comprehensive pseudo-3D geotechnical and seismo-stratigraphic model of the territory, consisting of a dense grid of one-dimensional vertical profiles to depict the variability of the soil properties over the area. The model was finally used as input for linear-equivalent ground response analysis. For the calculation of the amplification factors, special emphasis was given to the treatment and propagation of the uncertainties of the model parameters, whose different realizations have been accounted through a logic tree approach.295 4