| Summary: |
The main aim is to study the existent precast industrial building stock existent in Portugal. Based on the characterization, it will be evaluated the seismic vulnerabilities to identify the major issues, and guide the development of the retrofitting solutions. The development of the retrofitting solutions will be based on structural criteria?s, feasibility
of the solution, to be implemented in existent structures, and considering a life cycle assessment (LCA) of the global solution to assure the minimum environmental impact along the infrastructure life cycle. In the end the results will be disseminated by the
research community with journal papers and conferences participation and for practical engineers with the development of a guidelines for the assessment and retrofitting of existent precast industrial building. The project will be leaded by the IPLeiria with the collaboration of the UA, supporting the LCA and the FEUP supporting the development
of the retrofitting solutions. |