Buildings damages due to earthquakes generally happen because designs of the buildings do not consider earthquake resistance aspects and fulfil technical standards resistant buildings. The structure designed in this work was a seven-storey office building, with symmetrical design plan. earthquake-resisting system used dual special moment resisting frame (SMRF) shear wall for reinforced concrete...

Masonry buildings are generally vulnerable to seismic action, as evidenced extensively in past earthquakes. In order improve their performance, several modifications have been introduced, such reinforcing or confining the masonry. This paper presents a analysis and fragility assessment procedure for non-engineered masonry building typologies, employing applied element method (AEM). Compared wit...