Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Plan Irregular RC Buildings

The focus of this book is to quantify the degree of irregularity in vertical and plan irregular buildings by developing a novel irregularity index and proposing a simplified method to identify the seismic vulnerability of plan irregular RC buildings based on their degree of irregularity. The book will not only be useful for the researchers but also for the engineers/geologist as a tool to identify the seismic vulnerable plan irregular RC buildings for city-scale seismic damage simulations in large urban areas. As a result it reduces the overall computational time and cost of the city-scale seismic damage simulations due to the smaller number of building models which are more vulnerable to seismic loading.