Seismic risk maps for Eurocode-8 designed buildings

Thomas Ulrich (1) , John Douglas (1) , Caterina Negulescu (1)

1 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)

There is currently a move towards seismic design maps that are risk-targeted (e.g. Luco et al., 2007). In this framework, buildings conforming to the rules have a known annual risk of attaining or exceeding a certain damage state (e.g. collapse) that is uniform over a territory. The development of such maps relies on three independent inputs: a) seismic hazard curves derived using probabilistic seismic hazard assessment for each grid point on the map; b) fragility curves expressing the probability that a structure, designed using the building code, attains or exceeds a certain damage state given a level of shaking; and c) knowledge of the risk level that is acceptable to the local population...

Keywords: risk-targeting; fragility curve; earthquake risk; annual probability of collapse; reinforced concrete; France

Domains: Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Geophysics [physics.geo-ph]; Global Changes

Thomas Ulrich, John Douglas, Caterina Negulescu. Seismic risk maps for Eurocode-8 designed buildings. Second European Conference on Earthquake Engineering and Seismology (2ECEES) : a joint event of the 15th European Conference on Earthquake engineering & 34th General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission, Aug 2014, Istanbul, Turkey. ⟨hal-00926694⟩