Allaeddine Athmani and Abdelhacine Gouasmia and Tiago Ferreira and Romeu Vicente
Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Masonry Buildings in Seismic Prone Regions The Case of Annaba City, Algeria
924 - 930
2015
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International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10005124
https://publications.waset.org/vol/103
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
Seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry buildings is a fundamental issue even for moderate to low seismic hazard regions. This fact is even more important when dealing with old structures such as those located in Annaba city (Algeria), which the majority of dates back to the French colonial era from 1830. This category of buildings is in high risk due to their highly degradation state, heterogeneous materials and intrusive modifications to structural and nonstructural elements. Furthermore, they are usually shelter a dense population, which is exposed to such risk. In order to undertake a suitable seismic risk mitigation strategies and reinforcement process for such structures, it is essential to estimate their seismic resistance capacity at a large scale. In this sense, two seismic vulnerability index methods and damage estimation have been adapted and applied to a pilotscale building area located in the moderate seismic hazard region of Annaba city The first one based on the EMS98 building typologies, and the second one derived from the Italian GNDT approach. To perform this task, the authors took the advantage of an existing data survey previously performed for other purposes. The results obtained from the application of the two methods were integrated and compared using a geographic information system tool (GIS), with the ultimate goal of supporting the city council of Annaba for the implementation of risk mitigation and emergency planning strategies.
Open Science Index 103, 2015