Vulnerability of public buildings subjected to earthquake by finite element modelling

• Main Authors: Adnan, Azlan, Suradi, Suhana, Selvanayagam, P. N., Darus, Zamri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/612/1/AzlanAdnan2006_Vulnerabilityofpublicbuildingssubjected.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/612/

Tremors in Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia due to Sumatra and Philippine earthquakes have been reported several times. Engineers are concerned of the seismic vulnerability of public buildings due to lack of earthquake consideration in Malaysia’s building design procedure. This study addresse...