Performance of Prefabricated Large Panel Reinforced Concrete Buildings in the November 2019 Albania Earthquake
Merita Guri, Svetlana Brzev, Diana Lluka
Abstract
The paper discusses the performance of prefabricated reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, known as large-panel buildings (LPE), that were affected by the November 26, 2019 Durrës, Albania earthquake (M 6.4). This was a common typology for multi-family housing in urban areas of Albania and neighbouring countries, e.g. ex-Yugoslavia, Romania, and Bulgaria, in the period from 1960 to 1990. The paper outlines the key structural and seismic features of LPE buildings in Albania and presents observations from a field survey of selected buildings at eight different localities within the earthquake-affected area. A new post-earthquake damage classification for LPE buildings has been proposed.
Topics & Concepts
Reinforced concreteEpicenterField surveyCivil engineeringEngineeringForensic engineeringStructural engineeringMasonry and Concrete Structural AnalysisSeismic Performance and AnalysisSeismic and Structural Analysis of Tall Buildings