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Rapid visual screening of earthquake-susceptible buildings
Many people in the Indian subcontinent can only afford non-engineered shelters. Unfortunately, such buildings are easy victims of earthquakes and they need to be assessed and graded to see how susceptible they are to damage during the frequent, moderate tremors of the region. The large number of these buildings warrants a wide screening programme but a dearth of technical personnel requires a simple methodology that can be carried out by non-technical people. This paper discusses the strategies for evolving a rapid visual screening procedure for non-engineered and semi-engineered buildings as a means of seismic vulnerability assessment. It is based on damage surveys of three moderate earthquakes and from shake-table experiments. The proposed methodology can be applied to traditional and semi-engineered buildings using a number of visually identifiable parameters.
Rapid visual screening of earthquake-susceptible buildings
Many people in the Indian subcontinent can only afford non-engineered shelters. Unfortunately, such buildings are easy victims of earthquakes and they need to be assessed and graded to see how susceptible they are to damage during the frequent, moderate tremors of the region. The large number of these buildings warrants a wide screening programme but a dearth of technical personnel requires a simple methodology that can be carried out by non-technical people. This paper discusses the strategies for evolving a rapid visual screening procedure for non-engineered and semi-engineered buildings as a means of seismic vulnerability assessment. It is based on damage surveys of three moderate earthquakes and from shake-table experiments. The proposed methodology can be applied to traditional and semi-engineered buildings using a number of visually identifiable parameters.
Rapid visual screening of earthquake-susceptible buildings
Mukhopadhyay, Parthasarathi (author) / Dutta, Sekhar Chandra
2016
Article (Journal)
English
Tiefbau , Städtebau , Zeitschrift , Bauwesen
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