Enhancing Seismic Safety and Reducing Seismic Losses: Overview and Preliminary Results of Sera Project - 3D Shaking Table Tests on an Integrated Low-Damage Building System
Lessons from recent earthquakes have provided a tough reality check of the current seismic design approach,
highlighting a critical mismatch between societal expectations over the reality of seismic performance of modern
buildings. The performance-based design criteria and objectives need a paradigm shift towards low-damage design
philosophy and technologies that should The project provided the opportunity to coordinate a unique research effort for
the development and possible future implementation in the European Environment of an integrated low-damage