Robert Schedler, Ulrich Eder, Erik Jille
IABSE Conference "Assessment, Upgrading and Refurbishment of Infrastructures"
Rotterdam, Netherlands, 6-8 May 2013

Günther Achs, Christoph Adam
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
December 2012, Volume 10, Issue 6, pp 1833-1856

Abstract

The present paper addresses seismic assessment of historic brick-masonry buildings located in the city of Vienna based on rapid-visual-screening (RVS). The RVS methodology has been adopted for this specific type of buildings considering their consistent typology and consequently enhancing the validity and quality of the seismic assessment. In this context, structure-relevant parameters such as regularity of the inspected building, its state of preservation and geometry are evaluated. Additionally, the human and economic impact of earthquake-induced damage on the object is integrated assessing damage relevant factors such as the number of exposed persons and the importance of the object for the public. Based on the derived score of each of these two sets of parameters the inspected building is classified into one of four vulnerability classes. Furthermore, the damage potential of a seismic event comparable with the L’Aquila 2009 earthquake is predicted correlating the results of the RVS methodology and damage grades according to EMS-98. In a large-scale in-situ investigation a set of 375 buildings within the 20th district of Vienna was seismically assessed. The resulting maps of damage scenarios give useful information for emergency and evacuation planning as well as for identification of critical objects vulnerable to seismic loading.

Helmut Wenzel, Robert Veit-Egerer, Monika Widmann
ACI American Concrete Institute

Prof. DI Dr. Helmut Wenzel, DI Peter Furtner
KIRAS - Fachtagung Sicherheitsforschung 2011
Tagungsband

Hiroshi Tanaka, Helmut Wenzel

Robert Veit-Egerer, Zdeněk Jeřábek, Miroslav Hubka
Beton 3/2010

Roman Berger, Martin Fritz
Sonderheft: Messtechnik im Bauwesen
Ernst & Sohn, Bautechnik 87, Heft 4, Februar 2010

Prof. H. Wenzel
SHMII-4 2009 - 4th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring on Intelligent Infrastructure
22-24 July 2009, Zurich, Switzerland

Monitoring based performance prediction of steel bridges against traffic loading exemplified at the Europabrücke

Robert Veit-Egerer, Helmut Wenzel
First International Symposium on Life-Cycle Civil Engineering (IALCCE’08)
Varenna, Lake Como, Italy, June 10-14, 2008

Georg Gutenbrunner, Konstantin Savov, Helmut Wenzel
Proceedings of the
Second International Conference on Experimental Vibration Analysis for Civil Engineering Structures (EVACES’07)
Porto, Portugal, 24-26 October 2007

SHM at the Civil Infrastructure: Applications, recent Progress and future Demands

Dr. Helmut Wenzel, DI Peter Furtner
U.S.-Europe Workshop on
Bridge Management Challenges in the United States and Europe
September 11-13, 2007

Beton- und Stahlbetonbau 99 (2004)
Ernst & Sohn Verlag, Heft 4, Berlin, 2004

Helmut Wenzel, Peter Furtner, Georges Magonette, Francesco Marazzi
IABSE Symposium Antwerp 2003:
Structures for High-Speed Railway Transportation
pp. 42-48 (7)

Dr. Helmut Wenzel, DI Roman Geier
IABSE Symposium 2002, Melbourne, Australia
International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering

Dr. Helmut Wenzel
16th Congress of IABSE
IABSE Congress Report, pp. 1105-1112(8)
Lucerne, Switzerland, September 18-21, 2000