SEISMIC RESILIENCE QUANTIFICATION OF A HOSPITAL DESIGNED ACCORDING TO ECP-201

Abstract

This thesis presents seismic resilience quantification of a hospital designed according to the Egyptian code (ECP-201) in terms of repair cost, repair time and casualties. The prototype building is an existed typical 5-story reinforced concrete structure with shear walls and expansion joint, located in Suez. Building’s safety against lateral loads was checked according to ECP-201 provisions. Static non-linear (Pushover) analysis was conducted. Collapse fragility functions of building’s structural and non-structural components were established using incremental dynamic analysis (IDA). Building’s seismic resilience was quantified using new-generation seismic performance assessment methodology proposed by Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), FEMA P-58 along with its associated software, Performance Assessment Calculation Tool (PACT). The outcomes show that building’s median repair time is 22 days, median repair cost is $20,850,000 which is 66.5% of the building’s total replacement cost, and median number of causalities is 386 persons.