Published works

“Cost-effective mitigation strategy development for building related earthquake risk” under the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Cooperative Research Centre (BNHCRC) aims to develop knowledge to facilitate evidence-based informed decision making in relation to the need for seismic retrofitting, revision of codified design requirement, and insurance policy. Previous report has presented vulnerability assessment of two types of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings, RC buildings that are mainly supported laterally by limited ductile RC walls and buildings that are supported jointly by limited ductile RC walls and RC frames. The analyses demonstrate buildings that are jointly supported by RC walls and frames to be more vulnerable. This report presents summary findings of the vulnerability analyses along with descriptions for the types of damage observed for each performance levels with the aim of estimating cost of repair for this type of buildings.