Developments in the field of earthquake engineering over the past few decades have
contributed to the development of new methods for evaluating the risk levels in buildings …

Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing buildings is of great concern around the world.
Different countries develop various approaches and methodologies to overcome the …

Determining the risk priorities for the building stock in highly seismic-prone regions and
making the final decisions about the buildings is one of the essential precautionary …

The seismic vulnerability assessment of critical facilities, such as hospital and school
buildings, is of paramount importance to avoid the collapse in ordinary conditions and to …

The demand for developing a rapid, reliable, and effective technique for prioritizing the
buildings with high seismic vulnerability and assisting disaster mitigation in developing post …

The recent devastating earthquakes have caused severe physical, social, and financial
damage worldwide and indicate that many existing buildings, especially in developing …

Although averting a seismic disturbance and its physical, social, and economic disruption is
practically impossible, using the advancements in computational science and numerical …

A vast number of existing buildings were constructed before the development and
enforcement of seismic design codes, which run into the risk of being severely damaged …

Hospitals must be fully operational in the event of an emergency after an earthquake to
protect the lives of patients and health workers as well as to provide emergency care and …

Earthquakes are challenging disasters that pose a huge threat to the urbanized world. In
particular, the majority of the existing reinforced concrete (RC) building stock in developing …