Performance of reinforced concrete buildings and wooden structures during the 2015 Mw 6.0 Sabah earthquake in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Alih, Sophia C., Vafaei, Mohammadreza
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2019
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/88110/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.engfailanal.2019.04.056
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper discusses the outcome of an investigation which was conducted soon after the 2015 Sabah earthquake in Malaysia. Buildings in the affected area were mainly constructed from reinforced concrete (RC) and wooden materials. Although the Mw 6.0 earthquake imposed significant damage to the major...