Seismic vulnerability index assessment framework of RC structures / Система оценки индекса сейсмической уязвимости RC-сооружений

Seismic risk management in many countries around the world is a subject of crucial interest to today’s societies as the destructive effects of recent powerful earthquakes cannot be overlooked or ignored. Some of these seismic disasters that have hit Sabah (Malaysia) in 2015, Gorkha (Nepal) in 2015, Northwest Ecuador in 2016, Amatrice (Italy) in 2016, and Chaiapas (Mexico) in 2018 have affected millions of people and caused severe economic losses (Parra et al. 2016; Adhikari et al. 2015; Ramirez-Herrera et al. 2018; Faenza et al. 2016).
Accordingly, seismic design codes and frameworks are typically applied or improved after each earthquake disaster, but older buildings have not been updated to take advantage of these new methods, and they have shown poor behavior when subjected to the same seismic standards as newer constructions. <...>