An earthquake is a natural disaster that comes in different parts of the earth every year. Most
of them are very weak and unnoticeable. But some of them are too severe to cause a great …

Catastrophic damages reported during an earthquake include building damages, excessive
ground shaking, uneven settlements and liquefaction. While most of the seismic hazard …

This study proposes a framework for incorporating time-dependent fragility into large-scale
risk assessment models, focusing on incremental building expansion as a significant driver …

Civil infrastructure systems and communities are continually subjected to changes in
environmental and urban settings, evolving expectations and preferences of the public …

Key to making informed policy decisions to promote resilient and sustainable future cities is
the ability to predict their risk as it relates to dynamic changes in our urban environments …

A large number of infilled RC frame buildings have undergone moderate to extensive
structural damages and even collapsed after the 2015 Gorkha earthquake. The repair and …

The present study investigates the vulnerability assessment of the prototype revised
Mandatory Rule of Thumb (MRT) buildings initially designed and detailed for three storeys …

River-crossing bridges in seismically active regions are typically susceptible to two natural
hazards–earthquakes and floods. For such bridges, design parameters related to piers may …

An earthquake that means sudden and violent motion of earth is a natural disaster that
comes every year in different parts of the earth. Among them some of them are very weak …

Earlier studies have performed Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis (PSHA) of Nepal
considering different source models. This study aims to validate the best seismic source …