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  • Parametric sensitivity study on regional seismic damage prediction of reinforced masonry buildings based on time-history analysis

    Author(s)
    Lu, Xinzheng
    Tian, Yuan
    Guan, Hong
    Xiong, Chen
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Guan, Hong
    Year published
    2017
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    Abstract
    Regional seismic damage prediction is an important approach to discover the weakness of a city so as to effectively mitigate seismic losses. A major proportion of regional seismic losses is caused by masonry buildings. As a result, an accurate prediction of the regional seismic damage to masonry buildings has significant engineering and scientific values. Various parameters of the computational models for regional seismic damage predictions usually involve considerable uncertainty, especially for masonry buildings. Therefore, a parametric sensitivity analysis for the regional seismic damage prediction of reinforced masonry ...
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    Regional seismic damage prediction is an important approach to discover the weakness of a city so as to effectively mitigate seismic losses. A major proportion of regional seismic losses is caused by masonry buildings. As a result, an accurate prediction of the regional seismic damage to masonry buildings has significant engineering and scientific values. Various parameters of the computational models for regional seismic damage predictions usually involve considerable uncertainty, especially for masonry buildings. Therefore, a parametric sensitivity analysis for the regional seismic damage prediction of reinforced masonry buildings is performed in some detail in this study. Damage to this kind of buildings is predicted through nonlinear time-history analysis using the multiple-degree-of-freedom shear model, which can better represent the features of different buildings and ground motions. In the sensitivity analysis, two widely used methods, the first-order second-moment (FOSM) method and the Monte Carlo method, are adopted and their prediction results are compared. The outcomes of this study indicate that the uncertainty of parameters has a small influence on the analysis results when the total number of regional buildings is large. However the uncertainty cannot be neglected for individual building analysis. In addition, the FOSM method, which is more time-saving, can achieve a similar level of prediction as the Monte Carlo simulation.
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    Journal Title
    Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering
    Volume
    15
    Issue
    11
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-017-0168-9
    Subject
    Geology
    Civil engineering
    Civil engineering not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/352201
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