Experimental Seismic Fragility of Steel Studded Gypsum Partition Walls and Fire Sprinkler Piping Subsystems

Partition wall and fire extinguishing sprinkler piping nonstructural subsystems constitute a significant portion of the total investment in building infrastructure. Past earthquakes and numerical simulations have demonstrated that damage to these nonstructural subsystems can cause substantial earthquake losses and degrade the overall functionality of buildings. Nevertheless, the data obtained from field observations, previous experimentations, …