Radmila Salic Makreska

Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology (IZIIS) - Skopje · Risk Disaster Management and Strategic Planning

The Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP) was funded for 7 years by NATO-Science for Peace Program to support the preparation of new seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan Region using modern scientific tools. One of the most important outputs of the BSHAP is an updated and unified BSHAP earthquake...

To assure and maintain sustainable development of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, UAE, in general, of Abu Dhabi Municipality and Abu Dhabi City in particular, and disaster free living environment for its citizens, the Abu Dhabi Municipality Town Planning Department initiated project "Assessment of Seismic Hazard and Risk in Abu Dhabi-ADSHRA". During the...

On April 9 and 16, 2013, two strong earthquakes affected the territory of UAE. The M6.3 Bushehr (April 9, 2013) and the M7.8 Sistan-Baluchestan (April 16, 2013) Earthquake occurring in Iran, at distances ~500 km and ~850 km from Abu Dhabi, caused significant human distress and panic in Gulf countries. Unpleasant swaying of mid-, and high-rise, and...

This paper presents a general synthesis of all previous research in the field of seismic hazard analysis for the Republic of Macedonia, through the synthesis of all legal maps for seismic zoning, available data used (catalogs of earthquakes, geological and tectonic data), implemented models of seismic sources, GMPEs (Ground Motion Prediction Equati...

This contribution aims to clarify for exposure modellers and vulnerability and seismic risk assessors the basis on which seismic lateral loads have been established in all Yugoslavian seismic design codes since 1948. The particular focus is on JUS39/64 and JUS31/81 seismic design codes since they controlled the seismic safety of Macedonian (and Yug...

This paper presents the harmonized approach for landslide susceptibility and hazard assessment at the cross-border region between N. Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. The European ELsusv2 initiative is selected as a harmonized approach for regional landslide susceptibility mapping for the area study. The peak ground acceleration value within the slid...

This paper presents the harmonized approach for landslide susceptibility and hazard assessment at the cross-border region between North Macedonia, Albania, and Greece. The European ELsusv2 initiative is selected as a harmonized approach for regional landslide susceptibility mapping for the area study. An analytical relationship is used to assess th...

This contribution deals with seismic activity represented by a hazard curve through a single parameter–exponent k as given in EN 1998–1 and its implications on importance factors. We used the SHARE project dataset to calculate exponent k for the wider European area, and a limited number of separate national studies for comparison of the results sin...

This contribution aims to clarify for exposure modellers and vulnerability and seismic risk assessors the basis on which seismic lateral loads have been established in all Yugoslavian seismic design codes since 1948. The particular focus is on JUS39/64 and JUS31/81 seismic design codes since they controlled the seismic safety of Macedonian (and Yug...

At 03:56 local time on November 26, 2019, an earthquake with a Mw = 6.4 struck western part of Albania. The duration of the tremor lasted less than 50 s and was felt largely also in Albania's capital Tirana, and in places as far away more than 300 km northeast of the epicenter. It caused damage to many public and residential buildings in districts...

Trakošćan Castle, built on a rocky peak in the late 13th century, is a cultural heritage site protected as a historical entity by the Republic of Croatia. The Castle is constructed as a highly irregular masonry structure with timber or shallow masonry arches, vaults or dome floors. It was substantially renewed, upgraded and partially retrofitted fr...

This paper deals with seismic activity represented by a hazard curve through a single parameter – exponent k as given in EN 1998-1, as well as with its implications on importance factors. We have used the SHARE project dataset for calculation of exponent k for the wider European area and limited number of separate national studies for comparison of...

Horizontally curved concrete girder bridges have complex dynamic characteristics because of their asymmetry and non-uniform mass and stiffness distribution. Their seismic behaviour is considerably affected by various such as structural characteristics, radius of the superstructure curvature and local site conditions. The computational, three-dimens...

The response of a structure to seismic loading depends on its dynamic characteristics, and on the input ground motion. For low amplitude motion, materials behave linearly but as amplitude increases, non-linear behavior starts taking place altering the dynamic properties of the structures. It is well known that periods of vibration are important cha...

The seismicity in Macedonia is associated with recent tectonic movements along normal faults. The normal fault tectonics is a consequence of extensional processes that started at the end of the Early Miocene, which affected the larger part of the Balkan region and still is present today. These vertical differential faulting processes, distinguished...

Rapid advancements of information technology and data digitalization have contributed to faster data collection and analysis. At the same time, datasets can be very large and may continuously grow due to data updates or additional data collection, which makes their manual interpretation and analysis impossible. A large database provides an abundanc...

The territory of Macedonia is belonging to the Balkan Peninsula which is well known as an area with highest seismic hazard and risk in South Eastern Europe. In absence of modern and dense seismic networks with high detectability capability, rear geophysical profiling and other relevant data necessary to improve more than 20 years old seismic hazard...

The objective of this study is to estimate and compare the site amplification factors (AFs) using two different one dimensional (1-D) equivalent-linear (EQL) site response analysis approaches: the time series (TS) approach and the random vibration theory (RVT) based method. For this purpose, random soil profiles combined with different soil types,...

The Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP) was funded for 7 years by NATO-Science for Peace Program to support the preparation of new seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan Region using modern scientific tools. One of the most important outputs of the BSHAP is an updated and unified BSHAP earthquake...

This manuscript presents the seismic source characterization models that were developed and used for the Western Balkan region in the framework of Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP II) funded by NATO-Science for Peace and Security Program. Relevant knowledge about the geological and seismotectonic s...

The Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP) was funded for 7 years by NATO-Science for Peace Program to support the preparation of new seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan Region using modern scientific tools. One of the most important outputs of the BSHAP is an updated and unified BSHAP earthquake...

The Harmonization of Seismic Hazard Maps in the Western Balkan Countries Project (BSHAP) was funded for 7 years by NATO Science for Peace and Security Program to support the preparation of new seismic hazard maps of the Western Balkan Region. In the framework of BSHAP, the regional free field strong motion network capacity was significantly increas...

This article is reply to the comment sent by Carlo Cauzzi and Ezio Facciolirelated to the published article ‘‘BSHAP project strong ground motion database andselection of suitable ground motion models for the Western Balkan Region’’ by Salic et al.(2016).

Facing significant earthquake losses in 1960ties, Yugoslavia undertook serious multidisciplinary measures to define a technically consistent and economically justifiable level of acceptable seismic risk by assuring adequate technical-juridical environment and a system for its effective and efficient implementation. Being a constitutive unit of SFRY...

The performed investigations involved measurement of seismic impacts induced by blasting (an explosion) in a minefield located within the concession borders of the limestone mine "Govrlevo"; processing, analysis and interpretation of the records, determination of vibration intensities and evaluation of their potential harmful effects upon people an...

Facing significant earthquake losses in 1960ties, Yugoslavia undertook serious multidisciplinary measures to define the level of technically consistent and economically justifiable level of acceptable seismic risk by assuring adequate technical-juridical environment and of a system to assure its effective and efficient implementation. Being a const...