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Rapid visual screening of different housing typologies in Himachal Pradesh, India

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  • Sreerama Ajay Kumar

    (International Institute of Information Technology)

  • Chenna Rajaram

    (International Institute of Information Technology)

  • Shashank Mishra

    (Taru Edge Leading Private Limited)

  • Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar

    (International Institute of Information Technology)

  • Anoop Karnath

    (Taru Edge Leading Private Limited)

Abstract

Methods capable of assessing the vulnerability of houses for future earthquakes are of fundamental importance for the safety and development of an area. As the detailed assessment is limited to number of houses and cost, one of the appraising methods currently used for seismic vulnerability assessment is rapid visual screening (RVS). This methodology has led to determination of risk of an area subjected to an earthquake event. Many codes have limited rapid visual screening to housing typologies like reinforced concrete and Brick masonry structures. This paper delivers an approach on how to perform RVS for five varieties of buildings in Himachal Pradesh state. The RVS scores have been calculated for 9099 buildings and normal distribution curves are plotted for each typology of building to understand the distribution of buildings in Himachal Pradesh. Finally, a new modified format for performing rapid visual screening has been proposed at the end.

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  • Sreerama Ajay Kumar & Chenna Rajaram & Shashank Mishra & Ramancharla Pradeep Kumar & Anoop Karnath, 2017. "Rapid visual screening of different housing typologies in Himachal Pradesh, India," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 85(3), pages 1851-1875, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:nathaz:v:85:y:2017:i:3:d:10.1007_s11069-016-2668-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s11069-016-2668-3
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    1. Nurullah Bektaş & Orsolya Kegyes-Brassai, 2022. "Conventional RVS Methods for Seismic Risk Assessment for Estimating the Current Situation of Existing Buildings: A State-of-the-Art Review," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(5), pages 1-40, February.

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