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SUMMARY:Design of Concrete Structures under Seismic Actions – Flat Slabs
  and the EC8
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. António Pinho Ramos\nThe devastating social and economi
 c impacts of recent earthquakes in urban areas have resulted in an increas
 ed awareness of the potential seismic hazard and the corresponding vulnera
 bility of the built environment.\n\nFlat slab structures are a widespread 
 solution all over the world. They possess many advantages in terms of arch
 itectural flexibility\, use of space\, easier formwork and shorter constru
 ction time. However the lack of knowledge about their behavior under seism
 ic action and the insufficient lateral resistance presents limits to their
  application in areas of medium to height seismic risk.\n\nFor that reason
 s\, section 5 of EN 1998-1:2004 states that its provisions do not fully co
 ver concrete buildings with flat slab frames used as primary seismic eleme
 nts. Nevertheless flat slabs structures have performed well in recent eart
 hquakes\, and should not be discarded as a solution used in that areas. Re
 search efforts should be directed towards extending the scope of EN 1998-1
  to cover flat slab structures as primary seismic elements\, to the benefi
 t of both economy and seismic safety.\n\nBio: Prof. António Pinho Ramos h
 as been a faculty member at Universidade Nova de Lisboa since 1999. He obt
 ained his licentiate\, M.S and Ph.D. from Technical University of Lisbon\,
  in 1990\, 1995 and 2003\, respectively. Prof. António Pinho Ramos primar
 y research interests include the behavior of concrete and presstressed con
 crete structures\, mainly punching and shear behavior. He is a member of U
 NIC – Research Center in Structures and Construction of Universidade Nov
 a de Lisboa. He is also the Director of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa St
 ructural Engineering Laboratory. At the professional level Prof. António 
 Pinho Ramos works as a design and consultant engineer.
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