Performance-based assessment of multi-story unreinforced masonry buildings: The case of historical Khatib School in Erzurum, Turkey. (December 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Korkmaz, Mustafa; Ozdemir, Muhammed A.; Kavali, Evren; Cakir, Ferit
• Is Part Of: Engineering failure analysis. Volume 94(2018)
• Page Start: 195
• Page End: 213
• Publication Date: 2018-12
• Subjects: Multi-story URM buildings -- Seismic vulnerabilities of the URM buildings -- Performance based assessment -- Finite element analysis -- Pushover analysis; System failures (Engineering) -- Periodicals; Fracture mechanics -- Periodicals; Reliability (Engineering) -- Periodicals; Pannes -- Périodiques; Rupture, Mécanique de la -- Périodiques; Fiabilité -- Périodiques; Fracture mechanics; Reliability (Engineering); System failures (Engineering); Periodicals; Electronic journals; 620.112
• DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.08.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1350-6307

Abstract

Abstract: Performance-based assessment (PBA) has become a matter of emphasis for multi-story unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings recently. It is however very hard to assess the performance of the multi-story URM buildings because of their complex engineering characteristics and structural performance. The primary goals of this study are to identify the seismic vulnerabilities of the URM buildings and to evaluate their structural performance based on the PBA principles. In this respect, a concept PBA layout is prepared for the URM buildings to describe better the performance assessment. In order to evaluate the structural behavior and seismic risk for the multi-story URM buildings, the study focuses on a case study of Historical Khatib School, which is located in Erzurum, Turkey, and it was assessed using the previously determined layout steps. Highlights: To evaluate the multi-story URM buildings in terms of their structural characters To develop a layout for performance based evaluation of historical URM structures To determine the structural behavior of URM buildings when subject to seismic load To propose a simple numerical analysis technique for URM structures