Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area
The Tehran metropolitan area is extremely vulnerable to earthquakes due to the location of its active faults and its dense population. Assessing the probable damage of a high magnitude earthquake on buildings and facilities relies on a precise structural survey, which has an empirical basis dependin...
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| author | Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz Alireza Farzampour Zahra Hejazi Masoud Mojarab |
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| description | The Tehran metropolitan area is extremely vulnerable to earthquakes due to the location of its active faults and its dense population. Assessing the probable damage of a high magnitude earthquake on buildings and facilities relies on a precise structural survey, which has an empirical basis depending on historic ground motions. The probability of damage and failure in discrete limits based on different ground motions is estimated by fragility curves. Using the most matching fragility curves for buildings in Tehran, the vulnerability of the hospitals in the capital, as one of the most critical structures in crisis management of disasters, was investigated in this study. Subsequently, the existing fragility curves, developed for Tehran and the other seismic prone countries such as Japan and the United States, were compared considering the typology of Tehran’s hospitals. Finally, the possible damages for each hospital were calculated based on the most conservative fragility curve and the most pessimistic scenario, which were used to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of hospitals and health care systems for different damage states. After zoning the damage of therapeutic areas of Tehran, it was observed that at least 2% to 10% damage occurred in all hospitals of Tehran, and none of the healthcare centers would remain structurally undamaged after a strong earthquake with the moment magnitude of 7 or more. In addition, the healthcare buildings could be prone to significant structural damage, especially in southern parts, which necessitates proactive management plans for Tehran metropolitan area. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2461f0835cfc4394ac97f3fb1b50dfb72023-12-03T12:35:33ZengMDPI AGBuildings2075-53092021-02-011125410.3390/buildings11020054Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan AreaSetareh Ghaychi Afrouz0Alireza Farzampour1Zahra Hejazi2Masoud Mojarab3Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USADepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USASchool of Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, IranSchool of Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran 1417466191, IranThe Tehran metropolitan area is extremely vulnerable to earthquakes due to the location of its active faults and its dense population. Assessing the probable damage of a high magnitude earthquake on buildings and facilities relies on a precise structural survey, which has an empirical basis depending on historic ground motions. The probability of damage and failure in discrete limits based on different ground motions is estimated by fragility curves. Using the most matching fragility curves for buildings in Tehran, the vulnerability of the hospitals in the capital, as one of the most critical structures in crisis management of disasters, was investigated in this study. Subsequently, the existing fragility curves, developed for Tehran and the other seismic prone countries such as Japan and the United States, were compared considering the typology of Tehran’s hospitals. Finally, the possible damages for each hospital were calculated based on the most conservative fragility curve and the most pessimistic scenario, which were used to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of hospitals and health care systems for different damage states. After zoning the damage of therapeutic areas of Tehran, it was observed that at least 2% to 10% damage occurred in all hospitals of Tehran, and none of the healthcare centers would remain structurally undamaged after a strong earthquake with the moment magnitude of 7 or more. In addition, the healthcare buildings could be prone to significant structural damage, especially in southern parts, which necessitates proactive management plans for Tehran metropolitan area.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/11/2/54seismic vulnerabilityfragility curveseismic evaluationsseismic damageearthquake crisis management |
| spellingShingle | Setareh Ghaychi Afrouz Alireza Farzampour Zahra Hejazi Masoud Mojarab Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area Buildings seismic vulnerability fragility curve seismic evaluations seismic damage earthquake crisis management |
| title | Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area |
| title_full | Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area |
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| title_short | Evaluation of Seismic Vulnerability of Hospitals in the Tehran Metropolitan Area |
| title_sort | evaluation of seismic vulnerability of hospitals in the tehran metropolitan area |
| topic | seismic vulnerability fragility curve seismic evaluations seismic damage earthquake crisis management |
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