Seismic Performance Assessment of a Multistorey Building Designed with an Alternative Capacity Design Approach

Table 2

Time-based loss assessment analyses results referred to 1 year. Difference is obtained as subtraction between the single-q approach value and variable-q approach value.

Performance measure	Single-q approach	Variable-q approach	Difference (percentage)
Number of fatalities	0.24	0.14	+0.10 (+41.6%)
Number of injured people	0.60	0.34	+0.26 (+43.3%)
Total repair cost ($)	72 748.0	63 769.0	+8 979.0 (+12.3%)
Total repair time (days)	5.36	4.78	+0.58 (+10.8%)