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January 20, 2025
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Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability for a Hospital Building Using Field Data and Various Numerical Analyses Considering Bidirectional Ground Motion Effects

Publicated to: Applied Sciences. 15 (1): 1-45 - 2025-01-01 15(1), DOI: 10.3390/app15010053

Authors:

Kharazian, Alireza ; Guardiola Villora, Arianna Paola; Galiana-Merino, Juan José ; Molina, Sergio ; Ortuño Saez, Gonzalo ; Soler-Llorens, Juan Luis ; Huesca Tortosa, J.Antonio ; Gómez Doménech, Igor ; Montiel López, David
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Affiliations

Municipal Orihuela, Orihuela 03300, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Dept Appl Phys, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Dept Architectural Construct, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Dept Earth & Environm Sci, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Dept Phys Syst Engn & Signal Theory, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Multidisciplinary Inst Environm Studies, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Alicante, Univ Inst Phys Appl Sci & Technol, Ctra San Vicente del Raspeig S-N, Alicante 03080, Spain - Author
Univ Politecn Valencia, Dept Continuum Mech & Theory Struct, Camino Vera S-N, Valencia 46022, Spain - Author
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Abstract

For the assessment of seismic effects on RC buildings, the real structural condition has to be modelled as accurately as possible. Medical facilities and hospitals have to resist seismic actions and remain operational after seismic events. For this reason, a detailed seismic vulnerability assessment of a hospital building located in Orihuela, Spain, is presented in this paper using a combination of field monitoring data and numerical analysis. Ambient noise measurements from field monitoring using Raspberry Shake-based sensors are used to capture dynamic characteristics that describe the building behaviour. Data from these sensors were used to update and refine the finite element model of the structure for a detailed analysis of the building's seismic performance. The different analytical procedures included both elastic and inelastic modelling, as well as static and dynamic assessments, to provide an exhaustive evaluation of the building's behaviour under seismic loads. In the numerical model, the effect of masonry infill walls is considered, taking into account detailed material properties and structural configurations. Furthermore, the study carefully selects ground motion records representing two limit states-Damage Limitation (DL) and Severe Damage (SD)-to conduct an extensive seismic analysis. In each limit state applied to the structure, there are 14 bidirectional ground motions with components alternately directed along the two principal directions of the building. This analysis evaluated the structural response, focusing on torsional effects, inter-storey drift ratios, and the seismic performance of individual components. The results were compared to other analysis types, considering both overall and localised behaviour, to determine the reliability of different approaches. The findings support the idea that field monitoring data should be combined with advanced modelling techniques to achieve a more accurate evaluation of the building's seismic vulnerability, considering bidirectional effects.
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Keywords

Bidirectional ground motioBidirectional ground motionFiled monitoringMasonryMasonry infilled framesModelsNumerical analysisPlaRiskSeismic vulnerabilityStrengthVariability

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Applied Sciences due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 50/179, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q4 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría Instrumentation.

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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 17.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 17 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network Facebook: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Awards linked to the item

This study was supported by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), the Spanish Government through research project PID2021-123135OB-C21, Research Group VIGROB-116 (University of Alicante) and by the Regional Government of Valencia (Ministry of Education, Culture, Universities and Employment) through the reference project: CIAICO/2022/038.
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