Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are the most common building typology in the rural
and urban areas of Northeast India. These URM buildings suffered substantial damage …

Abstract The Northeast region of India is considered to be the most seismically active zone
in India, having witnessed two major earthquakes (M w> 8) in the past. Recently, the 2017 …

Unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings in many developing countries are susceptible to
severe damage during earthquakes as these are designed and constructed without …

Two analytical models for unreinforced masonry (URM) buildings are proposed with the aim
to simulate their seismic response and to estimate corresponding vulnerability functions. The …

Seismic activity in Pakistan has generally been concentrated in the northern part of the
country, the northern and southwestern parts of Balochistan Province, and the coastal areas …

This research work was aimed at assessing the seismic risk of unreinforced brick masonry
buildings' system of Northern Pakistan, constructed in stone dust mortar. To accomplish this …

ABSTRACT Although the Kurdistan Region (KR) of Iraq lies in a relatively active seismic
zone, most of its buildings have not been designed to resist seismic loads. So, the need to …

Seismic fragility functions provide an easy mean to estimate the vulnerability of structures,
develop damage scenarios and quantify number of structures with different damage states …

Pakistan and neighbourhood experience numerous earthquakes, most of which result in
damaged or collapsed buildings and loss of life that also affect the economy adversely. On …

Abstract The 5 August 2014 Orkney earthquake in South Africa caused significant damage
to low-cost unreinforced masonry buildings. After the earthquake, post-earthquake surveys …