Evaluación de vulnerabilidad sísmica del colegio de bachillerato “Dr. José Ochoa León” aplicando la metodología fema p-154 y nec

Abstract

The objective of this work is to evaluate the seismic vulnerability of a block of the educational unit Dr. José Ochoa León, located in the city of Pasaje in the province of El Oro, through a Rapid Visual Screening, RVS evaluation provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency of the United States, FEMA P-154. This methodology is based on making a visual check of the building for the collection of the necessary data required by the forms provided by FEMA P-154. The choice of the forms is according to the seismic region, which include low, moderate and high seismicity, depending on the location of the structure to be analyzed. The final score, S, of the analysis of the structure, is obtained from the sum or subtraction of each of the score modifiers that vary according to the form, after obtaining the final value. If the index obtained is less than or equal to two, it must be evaluated in greater detail or if it is greater than two, the seismic vulnerability of the structure is considered to be low. To obtain the rock acceleration values, FEMA P-154 should be linked to the Ecuadorian Construction Standard on Seismic Risk, Evaluation, Rehabilitation of Structures,NEC-SE-RE and Seismic Hazard and Seismic Resistant Design, NEC-SE-DS, since FEMA P-154 provides other rock acceleration response values, which allows choosing the appropriate seismic region