Simplified Seismic Loss Functions for Suspended Ceilings and Drywall Partitions

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Simplified Seismic Loss Functions for Suspended Ceilings and Drywall Partitions

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Post-disaster reconnaissance reports frequently list non-structural components (NSCs) as a major source of financial loss in earthquakes. Moreover, minimizing their damage is also of vital significance to the uninterrupted functionality of a building. For efficient decision making, it is important to be able to estimate the cost and downtime associated with the repair of the damage likely to be caused at different hazard levels used in seismic design. Generalized loss functions for two import...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2016

Creator

Dhakal, Rajesh / Pourali, A. / Saha, S.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/13127

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Engineering / Civil engineering / Earthquake engineering

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