EPICentre Seminars - Seismic Analysis of Confined Masonry Buildings with Flexible Diaphragm

Well-built confined masonry is proven to be a seismically resistant building typology. However, severe damage and collapse are reported when design and construction quality are compromised. Interestingly, non-engineered variations of typical confined masonry is very common around the world. This study presents an approach for seismic analysis of non-engineered confined masonry school buildings with flexible roofs. Challenges faced in characterizing seismic design levels of these buildings and analysing their available capacity, considering the flexible diaphragms, are discussed. Results of capacity and fragility curves are presented and their use in a Bayesian network for system performance assessment is introduced.

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