Elevated collapse risk based on decaying aftershock hazard and damaged building fragilities
Anne M Hulsey,
Francisco A Galvis,
Jack W Baker
et al.
Abstract:This article proposes a framework to support postearthquake building safety and reoccupancy decisions by quantifying the change in building collapse risk following a mainshock earthquake event. This risk may be exacerbated by both an increase in seismic hazard due to aftershock activity and a reduction in building collapse resistance due to structural damage. To address these factors, the framework is based on a hazard that includes (1) both the steady-state and the aftershock occurrence rates, that is, the el… Show more
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