Earthquake loss estimation for an educational reinforced concrete building by using FEMA P-58 methodology

Abstract

The costs of damages in both social and economic aspects are increased as a result of several significant earthquakes worldwide, the economic and social losses are a function of damage of the buildings because the buildings are vulnerable to earthquake damage [1]. In this study a probabilistic methodology FEMA P-58 is applied for seismic performance assessment for Iraqi educational reinforced concrete building in order to calculate the performance in terms of two aspects, the first one is the direct economic losses which include repair costs and repair time and the second one is social losses which include casualties and injuries. This methodology is prepared by ATC, the American Applied Technology Council and its prepared for Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2012. The study is a continuation of other research papers related to applying the same method to the same building that the researcher undertook for the purpose of evaluating the performance of the building when exposed to earthquake and calculating the losses resulting from these damages by choosing different aspects of each research in terms of the method of simplified analysis or the calculation of damages and losses.