文摘
The objective of this study is to assess the post-earthquake capacity of reinforced concrete columns jointly using visual damage indicators and residual displacement. For this purpose, incremental dynamic analysis (IDA) is performed on the studied columns to correlate the maximum and residual drift ratios. Next, a method is developed to compute the fragilities of mainshock-damaged columns by performing IDA with a sequence of mainshock–aftershock ground motions. In this analysis, the mainshock is scaled to reach a particular damage state and after 5 s of rest time, aftershock ground motions are applied on the damaged columns. Then, the aftershock is scaled to result in collapse. Using the proposed methodology and the results of the IDA, fragility curves are developed for the damaged columns. Finally, modification factors are proposed to consider the effect of mainshock damage on the capacity curve of RC columns.