文摘
In many of the recent earthquake events, the collapse of low engineered or deficient reinforced concrete buildings is the major cause of wide spread disaster. After Kashmir earthquake (2005), the pre-earthquake construction and owner built construction is thought to be under immense risk. Thus, the vulnerability assessment of existing reinforced concrete buildings is strongly recommended to mitigate the associated seismic damage. Aim of this study is to develop vulnerability curves for low engineered structures typical to Pakistan. Two typical gravity load reinforced concrete frames with insufficient detailing are considered, and capacity-related (geometric and material) uncertainties are incorporated to account for the probabilistic nature of vulnerability. Framework developed by earlier studies is used for assessment which shows the buildings fail in a brittle manner due to brittle failure modes and underestimation of damage by GESI reports.