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Resilience of Steel Office Buildings to Mainshock-Aftershock Events
Historically earthquake mainshock-aftershock events have caused substantial damage to the built environment, undermined life safety, and resulted in major socio-economic losses. Different factors determine level of recovery that can be achieved following mainshock-aftershock sequences. To date, no studies have been conducted to assess the recovery and resilience of steel buildings subjected to these sequential events. In this study, the seismic performance of a typical three-floor semi-rigid steel office building, exposed to mainshock and mainshock-aftershock ground earthquakes is evaluated. Once the damage is estimated, social and economic losses are quantified to determine the functionality and recovery status of the building. A stochastic semi-Markov chain process is used to calculate the repair trajectory and the associated resilience. The results highlight the impact of aftershocks on building damage, losses, and repair.
Resilience of Steel Office Buildings to Mainshock-Aftershock Events
Historically earthquake mainshock-aftershock events have caused substantial damage to the built environment, undermined life safety, and resulted in major socio-economic losses. Different factors determine level of recovery that can be achieved following mainshock-aftershock sequences. To date, no studies have been conducted to assess the recovery and resilience of steel buildings subjected to these sequential events. In this study, the seismic performance of a typical three-floor semi-rigid steel office building, exposed to mainshock and mainshock-aftershock ground earthquakes is evaluated. Once the damage is estimated, social and economic losses are quantified to determine the functionality and recovery status of the building. A stochastic semi-Markov chain process is used to calculate the repair trajectory and the associated resilience. The results highlight the impact of aftershocks on building damage, losses, and repair.
Resilience of Steel Office Buildings to Mainshock-Aftershock Events
Structural Integrity
Fonseca de Oliveira Correia, José António (editor) / Choudhury, Satyabrata (editor) / Dutta, Subhrajit (editor) / Hassan, Emad M. (author) / Mahmoud, Hussam (author)
International Conference on Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications ; 2021 ; Silchar, India
Advances in Structural Mechanics and Applications ; Chapter: 20 ; 238-250
Structural Integrity ; 26
2022-07-15
13 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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