Six months after the 4 September 2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield (Canterbury) earthquake, a Mw 6.2
Christchurch (Lyttelton) aftershock struck Christchurch on the 22 February 2011. This …

This study investigates the effects of ground-motion sequences on fragility and vulnerability
of reinforced concrete (RC) moment-resisting frames (MRFs). Two four-storey, four-bay RC …

Abstract The 22 February 2011 Mw 6.2 Christchurch (Lyttelton) earthquake was a
particularly severe test for both modern seismically designed and existing non‐ductile …

Earthquake Engineering is facing an extraordinarily challenging era, the ultimate target
being set at increasingly higher levels by the demanding expectations of our modern …

Shake-table tests were conducted on reinforced concrete frames designed to UBC-97 and
detailed as per ACI 318. The frames were built complying with the code requirements and …

Nonstructural damage has been found to critically influence economic losses and building
downtime following earthquakes. Attaining a target level of seismic performance mandates …

Fragility functions are derived for low-rise code compliant & non-compliant special moment
resisting frames (SMRFs). Non-compliant SMRFs those built in low strength concrete and …

Conventional earthquake risk assessments use fragility and vulnerability models that are
based on seismic demands from individual (mainshock) ground motions, and implicitly …

In recent decades, significant research efforts have been devoted to develo** fragility and
vulnerability models for mainshock-damaged buildings, ie, depending on the attained …

This paper quantifies the collapse performance of a set of masonry-infilled reinforced
concrete (RC) frame buildings that are representative of 1920s-era construction in Los …