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Table 13.1 Summary of procedures for the seismic vulnerability assessment of masonry structures

Data
requirement

Assessment
type

Method Reference Data collection Approach Demand input Output

VULNUS Bernardini et al.

(1990)

Geometry,
material
parameters,
structural
details

On site
observation
or systematic
survey

Analytical Mechanism method PGA, response

spectrum

Lateral force,
lateral drift,
vulnerability
index

FaMIVE D'Ayala (2005)

D'Ayala and
Speranza
(2003)

Geometry,
material
parameters,
structural
details

On site
observation
or systematic
survey

Analytical Capacity spectrum-

based method,
mechanism

PGA, response
spectrum

Lateral force
lateral drift,
damage scale,
vulnerability
index

SP-BELA Borzi et al.

(2008)

Structural
description

Random
generation

Analytical Push-over based

method

PGA, response
spectrum

Lateral force,
lateral drift

CSBM RISK-UE,

Kappos et al.
(2008)

Structural
description

Systematic
survey and
random
generation

Analytical Capacity spectrum-

based method

PGA, response
spectrum

Lateral force,
lateral drift

SELENA Molina et al.

(2009)

Typological
description,
structural
description

On site
observation
and random
generation

Analytical Capacity spectrum-

based method

PGA, response
spectrum

Lateral force,
lateral drift

HAZUS-MH FEMA (1999) Typological

description,
structural
description

Exposure
database,
systematic
survey

Empirical/
analytical

Capacity curves
method

PGA, response
spectrum

Lateral force,
lateral drift