COST is an intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation
in Science and Technology, allowing the coordination of
nationally-funded research on a European level. Part of COST was
COST Action C26 Urban Habitat Constructions Under Catastrophic
Events, which started in 2006 and held its final conference in
Naples, Italy, on 16-18 September 2010. The main objective of COST
Action C26 was to increase the knowledge of the behaviour of
constructions in urban habitat under catastrophic events
(earthquakes, fire, wind, impact, explosions etc.), in order to
predict their response when both the applied loading and the
inherent structural resistance are combined in such a way that the
safety level reaches unacceptable values, leading in some cases to
a premature collapse.
Urban Habitat Constructions Under Catastrophic Events collects
151 papers from internationally recognized outstanding experts from
46 countries that were presented at the final conference: 82
contributions from COST experts and 69 from external authors. They
are subdivided into 5 sections, which exactly correspond to the 5
Chapters of the Final Report of the COST Action C26 activity:
(I) Characterization of catastrophic actions on
constructions;
(II) Analysis of behaviour of constructions under catastrophic
events;
(III) Evaluation of vulnerability of constructions;
(IV) Protecting, strengthening and repairing;
(V) Strategy and guidelines for damage prevention.
Urban Habitat Constructions Under Catastrophic Events will be of
interest to academics and engineers in civil and structural
engineering, especially those involved in fire resistance,
earthquake resistance, impact and explosion resistance, and
resistance to Infrequent Loading Conditions.
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