Publications by Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta

Fragility Functions for Seismic Risk in Regions with Moderate Seismicity

The seismic assessment of existing buildings has been underestimated in regions with moderate seismic hazard, such as the North-West Europe. Strong earthquakes, such as the 1356 Basel earthquake, already occurred in such regions and caused severe damage. T ...

EPFL2011

Seismic response of nonstructural components in case of nonlinear structures based on floor response spectra method

Pierino Lestuzzi, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta, Pascale Favez

Springer Netherlands2010

New analytical fragility curves for existing URM buildings in regions with moderate seismicity

Pierino Lestuzzi, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta, Clotaire Michel

Seismic risk in regions with moderate seismicity, such as Switzerland, was largely underestimated. A vast majority of existing buildings have been built without specific earthquake resistant features and do not meet modern requirements. Although several pr ...

8IMC-publications2010

Fragility functions for seismic risk in regions with moderate seismicity

Pierino Lestuzzi, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta, Clotaire Michel

Current seismic risk evaluations are mostly based on approximate vulnerability curves. Damage prediction is improved by considering structural characteristics of building. Such improved fragility functions do not exist for many structures, especially in co ...

2010

A simplified analytical methodology for fragility curves estimation in existing buildings

Pierino Lestuzzi, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta, Clotaire Michel

2010

Vulnerability Assessment of Existing Masonry Buildings in Moderate Seismicity Areas Using Experimental Techniques

Pierino Lestuzzi, Marcelo Rafael Oropeza Ancieta, Clotaire Michel, Eric Lattion

2009