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Observational fragility functions for residential stone masonry buildings in Nepal.
- Source :
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering; Oct2018, Vol. 16 Issue 10, p4661-4673, 13p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- This paper outlines the seismic vulnerability of rural stone masonry buildings affected by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake sequence. Summary of field observation is presented first and empirical fragility curves are developed from the detailed damage assessment data from 603 villages in central, eastern and western Nepal. Fragility curves are developed on the basis of 665,515 building damage cases collected during the post-earthquake detailed damage assessment campaign conducted by Government of Nepal. Two sets of fragility functions are derived using peak ground acceleration and spectral acceleration at 0.3 s as the intensity measures. The sum of the results highlights that stone masonry buildings in Nepal are highly vulnerable even in the case of low to moderate ground shaking. The results further indicate that in the case of strong to major earthquakes, most of the stone masonry buildings in Nepal would sustain severe damage or collapse. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1570761X
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 131576107
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0372-2