مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - The Evaluation of Existing Buildings in Bitlis Province using A Visual Screening Method

Abstract :

In this study, a screening method for the evaluation of existing buildings was carried out in Bitlis located in Van Basin which is seismically quite active. A fast and simple seismic risk assesment procedure is proposed for vulnerable urban building stocks by Sucuoğlu et all. It is basically a sidewalk survey procedure based on observing selected buildings parameters from the street side and calculating a performance score. With this method reinforced concrete structures have been evaluated quickly and the buildings that have damage risk have been determined.These buildings have to be subjected to a more detailed assesment. Evaluation calculations have been done by taking examples from each street consisting urban building stocks of Bitlis. 324 reinforced concrete buildings have been evaulated. %63 of these buildings will be examined in the first priority; %18 in the second priority and %19 in the third priority. This study will be a source for the future studies on the reinforced concrete structures of Bitlis.