
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Simulated virtual portfolio for masonry buildings
A. Mühlhausen, U.E. Dorka & F. Obón Santacana
University of Kassel, Germany
A. Smolka & M. Stupazzini
Munich Re, Munich, Germany
ABSTRACT: Assessment of damage costs due to an earthquake currently lacks the level of detail that is
required for realistic pricing of individual insurance risks. Sophisticated numerical tools, which are widely used
to assess structural behavior in great detail (like FEM), have been developed to a level where they may be ...