The seismic performance of non-structural elements is now recognized to be a key issue in the seismic design and earthquake loss estimation of buildings. Reconnaissance reports and surveys carried out during past earthquakes, as well as advanced numerical loss estimation studies, indicated repetitively that a significant part of the observed earthquake related losses can be attributed to the damage to non-structural elements. Although poor seismic performance of non-structural elements has been observed repeatedly in past earthquakes, very limited research results are available to better understand the seismic behaviour of these components. Performance-based seismic design requires the harmonization of performances between structural and non-structural elements. With this aim, the Fourth International Workshop on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements (SPONSE) will be a special opportunity to share experiences and to discuss about the performance of non-structural elements during earthquakes, which can lead to a better understanding and characterization of their dynamic behavior.<\/p>\n
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The Fourth International SPONSE Workshop includes the following topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2022 Performance based-seismic design of non-structural elements<\/p>\n \u2022 Experimental study related to the seismic performance of non-structural elements<\/p>\n \u2022 Modeling\/Numerical simulation to predict the seismic behaviour of non-structural elements<\/p>\n \u2022 Evaluation of the seismic demand on non-structural components<\/p>\n \u2022 Innovative techniques to mitigate the damage to non-structural elements<\/p>\n \u2022 Standardization of qualification and fragility testing and design procedures<\/p>\n \u2022 Loss estimation with special focus on non-structural elements<\/p>\n \u2022 Seismic performance of equipment in industrial facilities<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Past International SPONSE Workshops:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \u2022 Beijing, China (2014)<\/p>\n \u2022 EUCENTRE – Pavia, Italy (2015)<\/p>\n \u2022 Christchurch, New Zealand (2016)<\/p>\n \u2022 In 2017 the International SPONSE Workshop was replaced by a Special Session on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements organized during the 16th World Conference of Earthquake Engineering that was held in Santiago de Chile (Chile)<\/p>\n \u2022 In 2018 the International SPONSE Workshop was replaced by two Special Sessions on the Seismic Performance of Non-Structural Elements organized during the 16th European Conference of Earthquake Engineering that held in Thessaloniki (Greece) and the 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering that held in Los Angeles (California).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The seismic performance of non-structural elements is now recognized to be a key issue in the seismic design and earthquake loss estimation of buildings. Reconnaissance reports [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-69","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4sponseworkshop.sponse.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}