Abstract
Rural houses are susceptible to roof blown off and severe damage during a windstorm event due to the lack of engineering considerations. The aim of this paper is to conduct a post windstorm evaluation on the damaged rural houses located in the northern region of Peninsula Malaysia. Several activities were involved during the post windstorm survey including site visualization, site measurement and interview. Critical aspects including types of damages, types of houses, gap height, overhang length, roof geometry, roof pitch, roof cladding and terrain category were analysed using a simple bar chart. It is anticipated that the presence of kitchen house influences the overall stability of the rural houses due to the formation of gap height.
Highlights
The non-engineered low-rise buildings are defined in various building categories, including residential, institutional, and commercial structures
It can be concluded that there are several critical aspects that are related to the damage to of rural houses in the northern part of Peninsula Malaysia
The presence of kitchen house appeared to have some form of influences on the overall stability of the rural houses especially by creating the gap height between
Summary
The non-engineered low-rise buildings are defined in various building categories, including residential, institutional, and commercial structures. These types of buildings are most vulnerable to be damaged during windstorm [1, 2, 3]. They were built with a minimum or no structural engineering design compared to other buildings that use codes and standards [4]. One of the features of the rural houses in Malaysia is the presence of the core house (rumah ibu) and the extension house or kitchen house (rumah dapur) as reported by [5].
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