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Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of a Reinforced Concrete Building Located in India
Prasanth S1, Goutam Ghosh2

1Prasanth S, Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj (U.P), India.

2Goutam Ghosh, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, MNNIT Allahabad, Prayagraj (U.P), India.

Manuscript received on 09 September 2019 | Revised Manuscript received on 18 September 2019 | Manuscript Published on 11 October 2019 | PP: 310-314 | Volume-8 Issue-11S September 2019 | Retrieval Number: K105909811S19/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.K1059.09811S19

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Abstract: Over the recent years the natural disaster especially due to the earthquake effect on buildings increases which causes loss of life and property in many places all over the world. The latest development leads to finding the direct losses and damage states of the buildings for various intensities of earthquake ground motions. In the present study, seismic vulnerability assessment was done for a medium rise building (G+5). The design peak ground acceleration of 0.16g and 0.36g were considered for the risk assessment. The nonlinear static pushover analysis was done to fine the performance point, spectral acceleration and corresponding spectral acceleration by Equivalent Linearization (EL) method given by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA-440). The four damage states such as slight, moderate, extreme and collapse has been considered as per HAZUS-MR4. The seismic vulnerability in terms of fragility curves was developed to evaluate the damage probabilities based on HAZUS methodology. The discrete and cumulative damage probability was found for all the damage states of the building which shows the building at 0.16g experience slight damage whereas at 0.36g the moderate damage state equally becomes predominant.

Keywords: Capacity Curves, Ductility, Fragility Curves, Performance Point.
Scope of the Article: Concrete Structures