LCA assessment related to the evolution of the earthquake performance of a strategic structure
D. di Summa, A. Marcucci, M. Nicolò, F. Martignoni, A. Carrassi, L. Ferrara, & N. De Belie
Abstract: Several buildings and infrastructures, located in urban areas, are identified as strategic in the case of an earthquake event. This is the case of a water treatment plant which is currently built in Genoa, Italy, and which has been assessed for the scope of this research. Since the structure has been designed following the seismic design prescriptions, this work aims to provide a preliminary assessment of how the degradation mechanisms do affect its earthquake response. To this purpose, both chloride attack and carbonation are taken into account as main degradation mechanisms. Moreover, due to the importance of the water treatment plant, to develop a realistic Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) analysis, the earthquake resistance of the structure and its evolution over time as a function of the aforesaid degrad- ation mechanisms, have been accounted as Serviceability Limit State to estimate the frequency of the maintenance activities needed in a timeframe of 100 years.
Reference of this article:Biondini, F., & Frangopol, D.M. (Eds.). (2023). Life-Cycle of Structures and Infrastructure Systems: PROCEEDINGS OF THE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON LIFE-CYCLE CIVIL ENGINEERING (IALCCE 2023), 2-6 JULY, 2023, POLITECNICO DI MILANO, MILAN, ITALY (1st ed.). CRC Press. eBook ISBN 9781003323020 pages 1169–1176
Affiliations:
Davide di Summa, and Nele De Belie: Ghent University, Department of Structural Engineering and Building Materials MagnelVandepitte Laboratory, Tech Lane Ghent Science Park, Campus A, Technologiepark Zwijnaarde 60, B-9052 Ghent, Belgium
Davide Di Summa, A. Marcucci, M. Nicolò, F. Martignoni, A. Carrassi and L. Ferrara: Politecnico di Milano, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milan, Italy
The full article can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003323020-143