HAZUS W2 - Moderate code

Description

Name: HAZUS W2 - Moderate code | General comments: Wood, Greater than 5,000 Sq. Ft. (W2): These buildings are typically commercial or industrial buildings, or multi-family residential buildings with a floor area greater than 5,000 square feet. These buildings include structural systems framed by beams or major horizontally spanning members over columns. These horizontal members may be glue-laminated (glu-lam) wood, solid-sawn wood beams, or wood trusses, or steel beams or trusses. Lateral loads usually are resisted by wood diaphragms and exterior walls sheathed with plywood, stucco, plaster, or other paneling. The walls may have diagonal rod bracing. Large openings for stores and garages often require post-and-beam framing. Lateral load resistance on those lines may be achieved with steel rigid frames (moment frames) or diagonal bracing. The present curves represent median values of equivalent-PGA fragility curves. They are based on median values of spectral displacement of the damage state of interest and an assumed demand spectrum shape that relates spectral response to PGA. As such, median values of equivalent PGA are very sensitive to the shape assumed for the demand spectrum. The reference spectrum represents ground shaking of a large-magnitude (i.e., M ≅ 7.0) western United States (WUS) earthquake for soil sites (e.g., Site Class D) at site-to-source distances of 15 km, or greater.Valid for: USA

Reference

From GEM Vulnerability Database: Yepes-Estrada C, Silva V, Rossetto T, et al. The Global Earthquake Model Physical Vulnerability Database. Earthquake Spectra. 2016;32(4):2567-2585. doi:10.1193/011816EQS015DP. https://github.com/gem/global_vulnerability_model/tree/main/_2016_Global_Vulnerability_Database Article: FEMA, HAZUS. HAZUS-MH MR3 Technical Manual, Technical manual. https://www.fema.gov/media-library/assets/documents/12110

License

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