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Report - PEER - University of California, Berkeley

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Proportion <strong>of</strong> total10.90.80.70.60.50.40.30.20.10Displacement - poorDisplacement - goodIntensity - poorIntensity - goodObservedUndamaged Slight Moderate Extensive Complete MDRDisplacementIntensityObservedUndamaged Slight Moderate Extensive Complete MDR10.90.80.70.60.50.40.30.20.10Mean Damage Ratio(a) Mid-rise RC frame buildings(b) Masonry buildings with RC slabs andro<strong>of</strong>sFigure 1. Comparison <strong>of</strong> predictions and observed damage (Spence et al., 2002).2.2 Zone Including Ground FailureSubsequently, the above study was extended to consider a region <strong>of</strong> extensive groundfailure (Adapazari), in order to investigate the influence <strong>of</strong> ground failure on damagedistributions (Bird et al., in press). Adapazari was damaged by a combination <strong>of</strong>ground failure, causing buildings to settle, rotate and slide on their foundations, andground shaking. In this study, the intensity-based approach was not considered, partlydue to the unsuccessful results obtained in the previous work, and additionallybecause <strong>of</strong> the inability <strong>of</strong> intensities to distinguish between the occurrence <strong>of</strong> groundfailure and other damaging hazards such as local amplification due to s<strong>of</strong>t soils.Again the damage estimation was based upon the HAZUS methodology, with somemodifications where appropriate for the conditions in Adapazari. Liquefactioninduceddamage was considered in two ways, either by increasing the site category tosite class E, or by following the default methodology presented in HAZUS.Proportion <strong>of</strong> total10.90.80.70.60.50.40.30.20.10Predicted - shakingPredicted - liquefactionPredicted - combinedObservedNone Slight Moderate Extensive Complete MDRFigure 2. Predicted vs. observed damage to mid-rise RC buildings in Adapazari.The results suggested that the additional work required to incorporateliquefaction into the damage methodology was not warranted in this case, since therewas no obvious improvement in the results compared to those obtained ignoring10.90.80.70.60.50.40.30.20.10Mean Damage Ratio399

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