Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Partially Completed RC Structure in Horizontal Direction

Abstract

Pakistan is still striving for improvements in the construction industry. Major construction in the private sector is carried out as non-engineered; there are very few projects that are properly designed for gravity and lateral loads, which is the main cause behind deaths in major earthquakes. Severe earthquakes, when near inhabited districts, have caused extensive loss of life and property. For example, Kashmir-Hazara (2005) earthquake caused the deaths of 85,000 people. Nevertheless, after the Kashmir-Hazara (2005) earthquake, the government and engineering commission stressed the execution of a seismic code. By constructing seismic resisting structures losses can be reduced. The aim of this study was to compare the seismic vulnerability of partially completed and fully completed RC structures in horizontal direction using two different approaches, empirical and analytical. Our main goal is whether the vulnerability assessment of partially completed buildings is necessary or not and to compare the vulnerability of partially and fully completed buildings. In the empirical approach, the RVS method was used while pushover analysis was used in the analytical approach to calculate the seismic vulnerability of structures.