eprintid: 10069016 rev_number: 29 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/06/90/16 datestamp: 2019-02-27 12:26:39 lastmod: 2021-09-19 23:04:41 status_changed: 2019-02-27 12:26:39 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Minas, S creators_name: Sousa, L creators_name: Galasso, C creators_name: Rossetto, T title: Sensitivity of Probabilistic Regional Seismic Loss to Hazard and Vulnerability Modelling Options ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F44 keywords: Seismic risk; Fragility curves; Seismic hazard; FRACAS; Portfolio loss note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This paper investigates the sensitivity of probabilistic regional seismic loss assessment of reinforced concrete (RC) buildings to different ground motion intensity and vulnerability modelling options. To this aim, several variations of the loss assessment framework are tested to determine their effect in the resultant damage prediction, and the consequent loss estimation. Specifically, this study systematically assesses the sensitivity of losses to (1) ground motion intensity characterization (through selection of different types of intensity measures - IMs); and (2) assumptions in structural analysis (simplified nonlinear static-based procedures versus advanced nonlinear time-history analysis). A synthetic portfolio of RC structures located in Avellino, Southern Italy, is chosen as a case-study. A sitespecific hazard analysis is carried out, allowing the calculation of ground shaking footprints for different types of IMs, including conventional and advanced IM representations. Three regular 4-storey, 4-bay RC bare frame buildings, corresponding to three distinct vulnerability classes, compose the exposure database. Seismic fragility and vulnerability functions are derived for the considered building typologies, and finally, economic earthquake losses are estimated for all tested ground motion IMs and fragility derivation methods. Results from this study highlight that the choice of the analysis method type has a significant impact in the overall loss estimation, as the proposed (more advanced) procedure is capable of capturing the building response and corresponding damage states more accurately. The choice of the IM type is also of high importance within the loss estimation process, due to the ability of advanced IMs to capture more information than standard IM, e.g. in terms of spectral shape. date: 2018 date_type: published publisher: EAEE official_url: http://papers.16ecee.org/files/ECEE%20Minas%20etal.pdf oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1633457 lyricists_name: Galasso, Carmine lyricists_name: Minas, Stylianos lyricists_name: Rossetto, Tiziana lyricists_id: CGALA33 lyricists_id: SMINA45 lyricists_id: TROSS20 actors_name: Rossetto, Tiziana actors_id: TROSS20 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Proceedings of the 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering place_of_pub: Thessaloniki, Greece pagerange: 11276 event_title: 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering event_location: Thessaloniki, Greece event_dates: 18 June 2018 - 21 June 2018 institution: 16th European Conference on Earthquake Engineering book_title: Proceedings of the 16th European conference on Earthquake Engineering 2018 citation: Minas, S; Sousa, L; Galasso, C; Rossetto, T; (2018) Sensitivity of Probabilistic Regional Seismic Loss to Hazard and Vulnerability Modelling Options. In: Proceedings of the 16th European conference on Earthquake Engineering 2018. (pp. p. 11276). EAEE: Thessaloniki, Greece. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10069016/1/ECEE%20Minas%20etal.pdf