Collapse Fragility Evaluation of Ductile Reinforced Concrete Block Wall Systems for Seismic Risk Assessment

Seismic risk assessment is a critical first step toward mitigating the social and economic losses resulting from earthquakes. The FEMA P-58 document, prepared by the Applied Technology Council (ATC), provides a methodology for seismic performance assessment of buildings. The methodology consists of five main steps: assembling the building performance model, defining earthquake hazards, analyzing building response, developing collapse fragility, …