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Title:

SEIVAS - Seismic vulnerability assessment of the building stock in the city of Serres
Date: 2012 – 2015
Active: No
Organisation: European Social Fund–ESF & Greek national funds- Operational Program "Education and Lifelong Learning" of the National Strategic Reference Framework, ARCHIMED ΙΙΙ porgramme
Partners: TEI of Central Macedonia-Serres, Dep. Civil Eng. Topography and Geo-Informatics, EPPO-ITSAK
Co-ordinator: P. Koliopoulos (TEI of Central Macedonia-Serres, Dep. Civil Eng. Topography and Geo-Informatics)
Project Manager: Nikolaos Theodoulidis
description:

The research involved in this SEIVAS project (http://civilgeo.teicm.gr/index.php?cat_id=55) concerns a full scale study for the building stock located in the city of Serres (Greece), aiming at a reliable estimation of seismic losses and thus the rational and effective treatment of seismic risk.

The first phase of this project involves the estimation of seismic hazard in the greater area of Serres and the development of a series of seismic scenarios that correspond to various levels of seismic action. Furthermore, utilizing state-of-the-art techniques, the soil profile is identified in several locations of the city, allowing the estimation of the strong ground motion and the development of the corresponding response spectra.

The next phase of the project involves the inventory of a reliable sample from the building stock in Serres and the development of a database with all building characteristics that affect their seismic response. Moreover, seismic vulnerability functions will be developed, utilizing Greek as well as international experience, tailored to the special characteristics of the buildings present in Serres. Finally, combining the outcome of the aforementioned actions, a series of seismic risk scenarios for the building stock will be developed and distributed including the estimated losses in monetary terms as well as predictions for the post-earthquake tagging of the buildings.