%0 Generic
%A Lad, Devang
%A Freddi, Fabio
%A Ghosh, Jayadipta
%C Turin, Italy
%D 2024
%F discovery:10195607
%I International Society for Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure (ISHMII)
%K Existing steel frame, Atmospheric corrosion, Corrosivity Categories, Local engineering demand parameters, Fragility curves
%T Influence of atmospheric corrosivity on the seismic fragility of low-code steel frame structures
%U https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10195607/
%V 3
%X Low-code steel moment-resisting frames (pre-Northridge) are characterised by high seismic vulnerability due to their reduced ductility capacity.  Moreover, these structures are exposed to atmospheric corrosion deterioration  due to environmental corrosive agents. Corrosion deterioration leads to section  mass loss, stiffness degradation, and loss of energy dissipation capacity, among  others. Thus, based on the corrosive category, old steel structures could experience considerable variations in their seismic performance. The present study examines the effect of different corrosivity categories on the seismic vulnerability  of steel frames. A non-seismically designed three-storey moment-resisting frame  is selected for case-study purposes and exposed to increasing corrosivity categories (C3, C4, C5, and CX) as per ISO 9223: 2012. As per ISO 9224:2012, atmospheric corrosion is assessed considering a 50-year ageing time and uniform corrosion. The seismic performance of the pristine and ageing steel frames is evaluated through Incremental Dynamic Analyses (IDAs) considering a suite of 43  ground motion records to account for the record-to-record variability. The seismic performance under different exposure categories is evaluated by monitoring  local and global engineering demand parameters (EDPs), allowing the development of seismic fragility functions at components- and system-levels.
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