Seismic vulnerability functional method for rapid visual screening of existing buildings

• Main Authors: Yadollahi, Mohammadreza, Adnan, Azlan, Mohamad Zin, Rosli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Archives Of Civil Engineering 2012
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33502/1/AzlanAdnan2012_SeismicVulnerabilityFunctionalMethodforRapid.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/33502/; http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/v.10169-012-0020-1
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) method for buildings was originally developed by the Applied Technology Council (ATC) in the late 1980's for potential seismic hazards. This is a simple and almost a quick way of assessing the building seismic vulnerability score based on visual screening. The logar...