Abstract
Background: Timisoara is one of the most important Romanina cities, located in the Banat area and characterised by shallow earthquakes with high ground motion vertical component. The seismicity of the area, in accordance with the P-100 Romanian Code, is affected by medium-high hazard level with an expected maximum PGA of 0.20 g. From a historical-artistic point of view, the city of Timisoara is full of monumental buildings of inestimable values and it was declared as the European Capital of Culture for 2021. Aims: The present work aims to investigate the seismic vulnerability of masonry buildings located in the districts of Fabric and Iosefin, which were grouped in typology classes based on the EMS-98 scale according to their geometrical and structural characteristics. Methods: The performed vulnerability analysis is based on a combined empirical-mechanical procedure to estimate the propensity at the damage of the buildings surveyed. Results: A specific formulation was proposed for typological vulnerability curves of building classes of the examined area, which were calibrated on the basis of the damages detected after occurred earthquakes. Conclusion: The proposed formulation was validated from the application to an urban sector of the municipality of San Pio delle Camere (Italy), which was damaged after the 2009 Abruzzo earthquake.
Highlights
A specific formulation was proposed for typological vulnerability curves of building classes of the examined area, which were calibrated on the basis of the damages detected after occurred earthquakes
The city of Timisoara is the result of urban decision-making that were taken in the past
The results presented in a study [39] allowed to both have a classification of the building heritage and to identify the damage that occurred in terms of the mean damage grade, μD
Summary
The establishment of the royal court in this place led to a conspicuous demographic increase in the area. It became an important commercial and political centre, which remained under the Hungarian administration until the year 1552 [1]. Starting from 1716, and for the following three years, Timisoara passed under the Habsburg administration It was the capital of the Banat region until 1781 when it became a free royal city. A new fortress in the Vauban architectural style was built This compressed inside the historic town, called Cetate and maintained a strategic defence distance from the periphery, called Iosefin and Fabric [1]. From a historical-artistic point of view, the city of Timisoara is full of monumental buildings of inestimable values and it was declared as the European Capital of Culture for 2021
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