Vulnerability of Reinforced-Concrete-Frame Buildings and Their Occupants in the 2009 L’Aquila, Italy, Earthquake

2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abbie B. Liel ◽  
Kathryn P. Lynch
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Frame Buildings

Expected earthquake damage and repair costs in reinforced concrete frame buildings

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (11) ◽  
pp. 1455-1475 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. M. Ramirez ◽  
A. B. Liel ◽  
J. Mitrani-Reiser ◽  
C. B. Haselton ◽  
A. D. Spear ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Earthquake Damage ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Repair Costs ◽  
Frame Buildings

scholarly journals Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability of Reinforced Concrete Frame buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 149 ◽  
pp. 02036
Author(s):  
Cherifi Fatiha ◽  
Farsi Mohammed ◽  
Kaci Salah
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Vulnerability ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Frame ◽  
Nonlinear Method ◽  
Seismic Risk Analysis ◽  
Building Inventory ◽  
Concrete Frame ◽  
Capacity Curves ◽  
The North ◽  
Frame Buildings

The seismic activity remains strong in the north of Algeria since no less than 30 earthquakes per month are recorded. The large number of structures built before the introduction of the seismic standards represents a high seismic risk. Analysis of damage suffered during the last earthquakes highlighted the vulnerability of the existing structures. In this study the seismic behavior of the existing buildings in Tizi-Ouzou city, located in the north of Algeria, is investigated. To make this assessment, a database was created following a building inventory based on a set of technical folders and field visits. The listed buildings have been classified into different typologies. Only reinforced concrete frame buildings are considered in this paper. The approach adopted to estimate structures damage is based on four main steps: 1) construction of capacity curves using static nonlinear method “push-over”, 2) estimate of seismic hazard, 3) determination of performance points, and finally 4) deduction of damage levels.

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