Regional seismic risk in British Columbia - Classification of buildings and development of damage probability functions

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-387

  Ventura, Carlos E ^a   Finn, W D Liam ^a,b   Onur, Tuna ^a,c   Blanquera, Ardel ^a   Rezai, Mahmoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

Building classification; Building response; Damage; Probability; Seismic risk; Structural system; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; ESTIMATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BUILDING CLASSIFICATIONS; BUILDING RESPONSE; DAMAGE; SEISMIC RISKS; VULNERABILITY;

SEISMOLOGY;

BUILDINGS; ESTIMATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PROBABILITY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMOLOGY;

BUILDING; DAMAGE; EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEISMIC HAZARD;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745130526     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/l04-099     Document Type: Article

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