Conference Programme 

Thursday
November 3 - 2005

08h30 Opening of Secretariat

09h00-12h30 TOPIC 3 “Propagation and local effects on the seismic destruction”
Conveners:
Prof. Paula Teves Costa - Faculdade de Ciências, University of Lisbon,
Portugal
Prof. Pierre Y. Bard - Laboratoire de Géophysique et Tectonophysique, Grenoble,
University Joseph Fourier, France

09h00-09h05 Opening Presentation - Prof. Paula Teves Costa

09h05-09h25 Special Lecture
Rapid overview of the present-day issues for the assessment of propagation
and local effects for large size earthquakes
Prof. Pierre-Yves Bard - Laboratoire de Géophysique et Tectonophysique,
Grenoble, France

09h25-09h45 Invited Lecture
Observed strong ground motions by dense nation-wide seismic network in
Japan and corresponding large-scale simulations using the Earth Simulator.
Prof. Takashi Furumura - Earthquake Research Institute, University of
Tokyo, Japan

Oral Presentations

09h45-10h00 Objective Estimates of the Seismic Intensity of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
D. R. Brillinger, B. A. Bolt

10h00-10h15 Contribution to the Damage Interpretation during the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake
Margarida San-Payo, Carlos S. Oliveira, P. Teves-Costa, I. Moitinho de
Almeida

10h15-10h30 Did Suboceanic Rayleigh Waves Play a Role on the Heavy Destruction
Caused by the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake?
A. Vuan, A. Rovelli, G. Mele, E. Priolo

10h30-11h00 Coffee Break

11h00-11h15 Far-Field Effects of the 1755 Lisbon Earthquake in Catalonia, Spain. Influence of Local Geology and Comparison with 20th Century Macroseismic Data
A. Roca, J. Fleta, A. Macau, C. Olivera, T. Susagna

11h15-11h30 The “Praia do Telheiro” landslide: a 1755 Lisbon earthquake triggered slope instability?
F. M. S. F. Marques

11h30-11h45 Estimates of maximum Possible Intensities in the City of Trieste: An
Earthquake Scenario Based on the 1511 Event
F. Fitzko, G. Costa, P. Suhadolc

11h45-12h00 Damage Fields and Site-Effects Investigations on the 1855 Earthquake in
Switzerland
S. Fritsche, D. Fäh, D. Giardini

12h00-12h15 Upper Limits on Earthquake Ground - Motion Amplitudes from Empirical
Data and Theoretical Simulations
F. Sabetta

12h30-14h00 Lunch - Poster Sessions (Topics 3 and 4)

14h00-17h30 TOPIC 4 “How to build Earthquake resistant buildings under the
environmental contrains”

Conveners:
Eng. Eduardo Cansado Carvalho - Gapres, Portugal
Prof. Polat Gulkan - (METU) Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey

14h00-14h05 Opening Presentation - Eng. Eduardo Cansado Carvalho

14h05-14h25 Special Lecture
Caveats for nonlinear response assessment of Shear Wall Structures
Prof. Polat Gulkan - (METU) Middle East Technical University, Ankara,
Turkey

14h25-14h45 Invited Lecture
Rapid Probabilistic Assessment of Structural Systems in Earthquake Regions
Prof. Amr Elnashai, S. H. Jeong - University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, USA

Oral Presentations

14h45-15h00 A Scenario Based Seismic damage Estimation for Istanbul
A. Yakut, S. Kucukcoban

15h00-15h15 Development of European shaking tables
R. T. Severn

15h15-15h30 A pilot application of Eurocode 8 for the seismic assessment and retrofit of
a real building
C. Z. Chrysostomou

15h30-16h00 Coffee Break

16h00-16h15 The Seismic Behaviour of Reinforced concrete Structural walls: Experiments
and Modeling
P. Kotronis, J. Mazars, H Nguyen, N. Lle, J.M. Reynouard, P. Bisch,
A. Coin

16h15-16h30 Building performance during recent earthquakes in the Iberian peninsula
and surrounding regions
P. Murphy Corella

16h30-16h45 Seismic evaluation and strengthening of timber structures in traditional
buildings
M. A. Parisi, M. Piazza

16h45-17h00 PAVSIH. Program on Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Healthcare
Facilities
Jorge M. Proença, Carlos S. Oliveira, Virgílio Augusto

17h00-17h15 The Pombaline “Gaiola” cage construction. Characterization and origins. A
contribution.
Victor Coias e Silva, Jorge M. Proença

17h15-17h30 Seismic retrofitting of structural elements. An experimental characterization.
P. Delgado, V. Rodrigues, P. Rocha,M. Santos, A. Arêde, N. Vila Pouca,
A. Costa, R. Delgado

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