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Effect of out-of-plane behavior on seismic fragility of masonry buildings in Turkey

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This study focuses on the evaluation of seismic safety of unreinforced masonry buildings in Turkey by using fragility curves generated for two behavior modes of load bearing walls: in-plane and out-of-plane. During generation of fragility curves, a force-based approach has been used. There exist two limit states in terms of base shear strength for in-plane behavior mode and flexural strength for out-of-plane behavior mode. To assess the seismic vulnerability of unreinforced masonry buildings in Turkey, fragility curves generated for in-plane behavior were verified by the observed damage during the 1995 Dinar (Turkey) earthquake and fragility curves generated for out-of-plane behavior were verified by the observed damage during the 2010 Elazığ (Turkey) earthquake. The verification results reveal that the proposed fragility-based procedure can provide an alternative for the seismic safety evaluation of unreinforced masonry buildings in Turkey. Using this procedure, it becomes possible to investigate a large population of masonry buildings located in regions of high seismic risk in a short period of time. The obtained results are valuable in the sense that they can be used as a database during the development of strategies for pre-earthquake planning and risk mitigation for earthquake prone regions of Turkey.

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  1. Prime Ministry Turkish International Cooperation and Development Agency, Ankara, Turkey

    Hasan Burak Ceran

  2. Civil Engineering Department, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Murat Altug Erberik

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Ceran, H.B., Erberik, M.A. Effect of out-of-plane behavior on seismic fragility of masonry buildings in Turkey. Bull Earthquake Eng 11, 1775–1795 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-013-9449-0

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