Seismic Vulnerability of Low- and Mid-Rise Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Malaysia Designed by Considering Only Gravity Loads
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract
This study focuses on seismic vulnerability assessment of reinforced concrete buildings designed by considering only gravity loads. Fragility curves are developed for a three-story reinforced concrete office frame building and a four-story reinforced concrete school building with unreinforced masonry infill walls representative of the essential facilities in Malaysian Peninsula. A simplified modeling approach is adopted for fragility analysis, which can effectively reduce the computational effort. A set of fragility curves are developed in terms of peak ground acceleration with lognormal cumulative distribution functions. The fragility analysis shows that the seismic performance of the structures met the desirable performance level recommended by current seismic code, demonstrating low vulnerability of the structures within Malaysian Peninsula. It is also shown that the soil condition should be taken into consideration for effective seismic vulnerability assessment. Finally, the fragility curves developed in this study are compared to those of HAZUS.
Keywords
Artificial ground motion, Fragility curves, RC buildings, Seismic hazard, Unreinforced masonry infill walls
Divisions
fac_eng
Funders
Postgraduate research fund of University of Malaya, Project PV081-2011A,UNESCO/China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme
Publication Title
Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering
Volume
43
Issue
4
Publisher
Springer Verlag (Germany)