SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT

IN ENGINEERING BUILDING AT PLV

UTILIZING PUSHOVER
Group 3
Melanie T. Garro
Rheinalyne Veinne P. Ponce
Marie Fe G. Pura
Clarize C. So

Engr.John Lemar M. Tirao

Adviser

1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
Earthquake is one of the most severe hazards which
can neither be predicted nor be controlled.
Earthquakes are one of the most devastating forces in
nature

Anchorage, Alaska 1964

Coalinga, Califoria 1983

Indonesia, 2005

Earthquakes disasters have been known

since ancient times
Earthquakes have been instrumental in
changing the course of history
Some of the most significant disasters in the
last hundred years have been caused by
earthquakes

Tectonic map of the world

1.1.1 Ground Motion Data

Prior studies on deriving fragility curves for an
area based on observational data have used
different parameters to represent ground shaking intensity.
Conventionally, macro seismic intensity (e.g. Modified Mercalli Intensity, MMI)
and peak ground acceleration (PGA) have been used.

1.1.2 Seismic Fragility Curves

Provide the probability for a particular group of elements
at risk to be in or exceeding a certain damage state
under a given hazard intensity.

DAMAGE

LOSS

Force

NEAR INTEGRITY

moderate
IMMEDIATE OCCUPANCY

LIFE SAFETY / COLLAPSE PREVENTION

RUINS

complete

slight

Human - Architectonic Limit States

PERFORMANCE POINT
REDUCED DEMAND
CAPACITY CURVE

SpectralDisplacement

Figure 1.1. Illustration of fragility curves

1.1.3 Vulnerability
According to the forerunner definition proposed
by Varnes & IAEG Commission on Landslides
and other Mass-Movements (1984),
vulnerability is the degree of loss to a given
element or set of elements at risk resulting from
the occurrence of a hazard of a given magnitude
in a given area.

1.2 Statement of the Problem

Valenzuela is a fast growing city in the
Philippines. Nowadays, many school buildings in
Philippines are designed and constructed based
on standardized projects. Failure to comply for
the vulnerability assessment can cause damage
to the area and unfortunately to the whole city.

1.3 Significance of the Study

This study will give students basic knowledge
in seismic vulnerability of an existing building
and serves as a reference in their future research.
The local government will be aware
of the effectiveness of programs related to
earthquake risk mitigation that is assessed provided
by this research.

1.4 Objectives
The main objective of this study is to assess
the seismic vulnerability of Reinforce concrete
structures of engineering building in PLV
utilizing push over method evaluation of the
capacity curve by a nonlinear static analysis.

1.5 Scope and Limitations

The seismic vulnerability analysis was done by
computer software in order to support the examination.
This study will be conducted only in
Engineering Building at Pamantasan ng
Lungsod ng Valenzuela.
Soil interactions are not considered.

1.6 Conceptual Framework

Fragility Curves

Empirical

Heuristic

Linear Static

Capacity Spectrum

Analytical

Linear
Dynamic

Displacement Coefficient

Hybrid

Nonlinear
Static

Secant

Nonlinear
Dynamic

Consecutive Modal
Pushover

2. REVIEW OF RELATED
LITERATURE
2.1 Pushover Analysis Development
The study of Chopra and Goel (2001) demonstrates the
accuracy of the MPA procedure in estimating the seismic
demands for SAC buildings and compares these results
with those obtained for the same buildings by pushover
analysis using three force distributions in FEMA-273.


2.2 Evaluation of Coefficient and Equivalent
Linearization Method of Fema-440 for SoilStructure Systems
Behmanesh and Khoshnudian (2008) wherein different
analysis were done in response spectra format for key
influential non-dimensional parameters in soil-structure
systems in order to make the result more comprehensive
and applicable for wide ranges of ordinary structures and
soil conditions.

2.3 Static Pushover Analysis based on an

Energy equivalents of System
Hernadez-Montes et al. (2004) considered the energybased (energy absorbed or the work done) formulation in
the pushover analysis procedure. The work done by the
lateral loads related with each mode is calculated using an
incremental formulation in each step of the pushover
procedure.

3. METHODOLOGY

Gantt Chart