Rapid visual seismic vulnerability assessment of public elementary school buildings in the Municipality of Los Baños, Laguna,Philippines.

Date

4-2013

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Richelle G. Zafra

Committee Member

Joseph M. Caburnay Marish S. Madlangbayan

Abstract

Rapid Visual Seismic Vulnerability Survey (RVSV) is just one of many means to ascertain the susceptibility of buildings to a Maximum Considered Earthquake event. The FEMA 154 is one such type of RVSV survey, where it aids planners in the identification of building's structural susceptibility to an earthquake. It utilizes visual cues in building with a corresponding scoring system to determine whether the building requires a more detailed seismic evaluation. A FEMA 154 based screening and a matching visual assessment for non-structural building hazards was conducted on nine different public elementary schools in Los Baños. Of the 78 buildings screened, 28 were scored to be structurally vulnerable only, while 11 were scored as vulnerable from a non- structural standpoint only, 20 were scored as vulnerable in both criteria, and finally 19 were scored as non-vulnerable. The RVS scores of the buildings were then plotted on a two-dimensional graph, creating a means of vulnerability classification of structures for each school. This 2D plot provides an aid to decision makers in the prioritization of buildings for amore detailed seismic vulnerability evaluation using even more comprehensive methods.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 E63 T37

Document Type

Thesis

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