Rapid Visual Screening of Buildings for Potential Seismic Hazards: Supporting Documentation PDF Download

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Publisher: Government Printing Office
ISBN: 9780160926754
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Book Description
The Rapid Visual Screening (RVS) handbook can be used by trained personnel to identify, inventory, and screen buildings that are potentially seismically vulnerable. The RVS procedure comprises a method and several forms that help users to quickly identify, inventory, and score buildings according to their risk of collapse if hit by major earthquakes. The RVS handbook describes how to identify the structural type and key weakness characteristics, how to complete the screening forms, and how to manage a successful RVS program.