SEISMIC VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT: A CASE STUDY OF CUET CAMPUS (original) (raw)

Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) campus is located in the Zone III of BNBC 2015 Draft with a seismic zoning coefficient 0.28g based on a maximum credible earthquake of 2 percent probability of exceedance of 50 years. In this University, many of the buildings including academic and residential were constructed before building code adaptation and seismic code provision enforcement. The present study has been carried out to assess the seismic vulnerability of existing buildings in CUET campus. Multi-level performance assessment techniques, i.e., FEMA 154, Turkish Preliminary Assessment and FEMA 310 are used to evaluate the seismic performance of the buildings. In this present study, total 25 buildings of CUET campus including 11 reinforced concrete and 14 masonry structures are assessed in the level 1 investigation. The structural information found in walk-down assessment procedure is presented in the Geographic Information System (GIS). Among them, 11 buildings which are student hostels and residential buildings are selected for level two investigation based on their level of importance in building use. Finally, detailed investigation was performed for those reinforced buildings.