What is it about?

A simple approach to derive fragility curves that take into account damage due to previous earthquakes

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Why is it important?

It considers damage in structural elements but it is simpler than non linear diynamic analysis because uses pushover analysis

Perspectives

It is a full application to an existing RC building, demonstrating the possibility to derive fragility curves that depend on damage. Moreover it makes a consistent assessment of the variation of Residual Capacity and Performance Loss due to damage.

Dr Maria Polese
Department of Structures for Engineering and Architecture

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This page is a summary of: Damage-dependent vulnerability curves for existing buildings, Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, August 2012, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/eqe.2249.
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