TY - GEN
T1 - Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Lifeline Buildings at Gangtok
AU - Dahal, Pretam
AU - Sharma, Guru Prasad
AU - Patil, Shantharam
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - The M6.9 Sikkim earthquake of September 18, 2011, caused widespread damage in the state of Sikkim and adjoining areas and it exposed the seismic vulnerability of the multi-storied construction. Damage that occurred in and around Gangtok was disproportionately high to the observed intensity of shaking, primarily due to poor compliance with seismic codes, inferior quality of raw materials and shoddy workmanship. The main objective of the survey was to observe the effects of the 18th September earthquake and aftershocks on the build environment in terms of seismological, geotechnical and structural damages. From this Earthquake, it can be clearly seen that there is a need for seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings in and around Gangtok town. This paper presents the study of seismic vulnerability of buildings by rapid visual screening method and detailed vulnerability assessment method.
AB - The M6.9 Sikkim earthquake of September 18, 2011, caused widespread damage in the state of Sikkim and adjoining areas and it exposed the seismic vulnerability of the multi-storied construction. Damage that occurred in and around Gangtok was disproportionately high to the observed intensity of shaking, primarily due to poor compliance with seismic codes, inferior quality of raw materials and shoddy workmanship. The main objective of the survey was to observe the effects of the 18th September earthquake and aftershocks on the build environment in terms of seismological, geotechnical and structural damages. From this Earthquake, it can be clearly seen that there is a need for seismic vulnerability assessment of buildings in and around Gangtok town. This paper presents the study of seismic vulnerability of buildings by rapid visual screening method and detailed vulnerability assessment method.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-981-16-5673-6_9
DO - 10.1007/978-981-16-5673-6_9
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85121618818
SN - 9789811656729
T3 - Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering
SP - 103
EP - 112
BT - Earthquakes and Structures - Select Proceedings of 7th ICRAGEE 2021
A2 - Sitharam, T. G.
A2 - Kolathayar, Sreevalsa
A2 - Jakka, Ravi
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 7th International Conference on Recent Advances in Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics, ICRAGEE 2021
Y2 - 12 July 2021 through 15 July 2021
ER -