Multistage seismic assessment methods for existing reinforced concrete buildings and their applicability for retrofitting cost estimation

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Doğan, Onur
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When the huge building stock in Turkey is considered, it is practically impossible to carry out detailed structural analyses for all of the buildings. In order to cope with the seismic safety evaluation of a large number of existing buildings, it is necessary to use simplified techniques, which can predict the seismic vulnerability of the existing buildings in a relatively short time. The comprehensive structural data compiled for the 48 different reinforced concrete buildings contain full information on their structural characteristics before and after retrofitting and are used in this study. The first basic goal of the study is to develop a procedure through which the building stock under consideration can be classified as “safe” or “unsafe” according to the current Turkish Seismic Code. The classification procedure is based on discriminant analysis. The cross-sectional area of the load-bearing members of a building and its preliminary assessment score are selected as the discriminator variables. The second and ultimate basic goal of the study is to propose a method through which the minimum retrofitting cost for satisfying the provisions of the Turkish Seismic Code can be estimated. A quick and uncostly assessment of retrofitting cost estimates based on the procedure described in this thesis will provide a useful input for decisions concerning whether a seismically “unsafe” building should be rebuilt or retrofitted. Such a situation will save time, labor and money, when it is used for the evaluation of building stocks involving large number of buildings and also in urban transformation operations.
Buildings, Buildings, Reinforced concrete construction., Earthquake resistant design.
http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615470/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/22614
Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences, Thesis

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O. Doğan, “Multistage seismic assessment methods for existing reinforced concrete buildings and their applicability for retrofitting cost estimation,” M.S. - Master of Science, Middle East Technical University, 2013.
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