Database of low-rise reinforced concrete buildings with earthquake damage

By Chungwook Sim, Nick Skok, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Santiago Pujol, Mete Sozen, Cheng Song

Version 1.0

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DOI

10.7277/ACX0-DG18

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Uncategorized

Published on

Apr 06, 2016

Abstract

image This database contains building information of 616 low-rise reinforced concrete buildings with earthquake damage collected during seismic vulnerability assessment from 6 different earthquakes (Erzincan 1992, Duzce 1999, Bingol 2003, Peru 2007, Wenchuan 2008, and Haiti 2010). With a goal to evaluate the Priority Index proposed by Hassan and Sozen (1997), the reconnaissance team from 6 different earthquakes collected a total number of 7,044 photographs of 616 structures which were constructed with reinforced concrete or concrete masonry units.

 

This database is presented as a spreadsheet with each row containing the following information of a building:

  1. Title: Title of the project, group of experiments, simulations or surveys
  2. Source: Names of the people who generated the data
  3. Keywords: Words describing the dataset, which can be used for searching
  4. Report(s): Related documentation
  5. Experiment or Case ID: ID assigned by the source to the sample, specimen, case, survey, site, experiment or simulation
  6. Latitude: Latitude of the location where data was collected, if applicable
  7. Longitude: Longitude of the location where data was collected, if applicable
  8. Parameters: Variables and parameters chosen by the researcher, compiler, professional or scientific organization to describe the data
  9. Drawings/Diagrams: Drawing and diagram files needed to interpret the data
  10. Data: Data files generated through project. Tabular text format is preferred (e.g., *.txt, *.csv).
    It is recommended that data files are organized in columns with each column having a descriptive header (e.g., sensor ID and unit)
  11. Photos, Videos, etc.: Media files including photos, videos, audio generated through project
  12. Compiled by: Names of the people who compiled the data
  13. Date: Date when the dataset was compiled. (format: yyyy-mm-dd)

 

In addition, the following are the information presented in the parameter column:

  1. Event
  2. Building ID
  3. Priority Index (Hassan Index, %): PI = WI + CI (where, WI = Wall Index, CI = Column Index)
  4. No. of Floors
  5. 1st Floor Area (m^2)
  6. Total Floor Area (m^2)
  7. Column Area (m^2)
  8. Concrete Wall Area (NS) (m^2):
    Data from Wenchuan collected as y-direction are assumed to be North-South direction
  9. Concrete Wall Area (EW) (m^2):
    Data from Wenchuan collected as x-direction are assumed to be East-West direction
  10. Masonry Wall Area (NS) (m^2):
    Data from Wenchuan collected as y-direction are assumed to be North-South direction
  11. Masonry Wall Area (EW) (m^2):
    Data from Wenchuan collected as x-direction are assumed to be East-West direction
  12. Structural Damage - Four classes of Damage
    a) Light: Hairline (crack width not exceeding approximate 0.13 mm) inclined and flexural cracks were observed in structural elements
    b) Moderate: Wider cracks or spalling of concrete were observed.
    c) Severe: At least one element had a structural failure.
    d) Collapse: At lease one floor slab or part of it lost its elevation
  13. Masonry Wall Damage - Damage to infill walls classified as follows:
    a) Light: Hairline cracks occurred.
    b) Moderate: Wider cracks appeared or large pieces of plaster flaked off.
    c) Severe: The element collapsed or cracks wide enough to see through the wall appeared.
  14. Captive Columns: Are there captive columns?
  15. Column Index (%)
    CI = 0.5 Acol/Af *100%
    where,
    Acol: the sum of cross-sectional areas of all columns at ground floor.
    Af: total areas above ground levels
  16. Wall Index (NS) (%)
    WI = (Acw + 0.1Amw)/Af *100%
    where,
    Acw: the sums of cross-sectional areas of reinforced concrete walls in north-south direction at ground floor
    Amw: the sums of cross-sectional areas of infill masonry walls in north-south direction at ground floor
  17. Wall Index (EW) (%)
    WI = (Acw + 0.1Amw)/Af *100%
    where,
    Acw: the sums of cross-sectional areas of reinforced concrete walls in east-west direction at ground floor
    Amw: the sums of cross-sectional areas of infill masonry walls in east-west direction at ground floor
  18. Min WI (%)
    Minimum Wall Index
  19. Priority Index (Hassan Index, %)
    PI = WI + CI
    where, WI = Wall Index, CI = Column Index

Cite this work

  • Chungwook Sim, Nick Skok, Ayhan Irfanoglu, Santiago Pujol, Mete Sozen, Cheng Song (2016), "Database of low-rise reinforced concrete buildings with earthquake damage," https://datacenterhub.org/deedsdv/publications/view/454.

Keywords

reinforced concrete, databases, geotechnical engineering, Hassan Index, Priority Index, Total Floor Area, Column Area, Concrete Wall Area, Structural Damage, Captive Columns, field data, structural engineering, disaster reconnaissance, seismic vulnerability assessment, low-rise reinforced concrete buildings, earthquake damage, Bingol earthquake, Duzce earthquake, Erzincan earthquake, Haiti earthquake, Peru Pisco earthquake, Peru earthquake, Wenchuan earthquake, resources