Rocking Spine for Enhanced Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Frames with Infills

Framework for Incorporating Probabilistic Building Performance in the Assessment of Community Seismic Resilience

“…The buildings were designed in accordance with Indian building code IS 1893 [Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) 2000] as part of a larger study to assess the impact of enhanced seismic performance of framed infill buildings with elastic rocking spines on the resilience of a residential community in Noida, India. More details on the development of the building cases can be found in Burton (2014).…”

“…Although this assumption is used for this illustrative example, it is not applicable to all communities and residential building types. Postearthquake structural safety and inspection limit states are assessed by using a new methodology, outlined by Burton (2014), which integrates visual damage simulation, virtual inspection, and an assessment of the residual collapse capacity of damaged buildings.…”

“…• The structural repair time that corresponds to OCC is computed from componentlevel damage assessment by using the methodology developed by Mitrani-Reiser (2007). The duration of repairs for each component is treated as a random variable, modeled with a lognormal distribution with mean component repair times as documented in Burton (2014) and an assumed dispersion of 0.4 following FEMA P58-1 (FEMA 2012). Fig.…”

Integrating visual damage simulation, virtual inspection, and collapse capacity to evaluate post‐earthquake structural safety of buildings

“…The building site is located in Noida, India, which is a region of moderate seismicity. More details on the design are provided in Burton (2014) where the building is identified as 4‐MF‐EFS‐SS. This particular construction type was chosen because the framework was developed as part of a larger study on improving the seismic resilience of communities (such as Noida) with large populations of infill frame buildings .…”

“…More details on the design are provided in Burton (2014) where the building is identified as 4‐MF‐EFS‐SS. This particular construction type was chosen because the framework was developed as part of a larger study on improving the seismic resilience of communities (such as Noida) with large populations of infill frame buildings . However, it should be noted that the primary focus of this paper is to introduce and demonstrate the assessment framework and the case study does not necessarily adhere to the local (Indian) standards for structural safety.…”