Research Article

Seismic Fragility Assessment of RC Plan-Asymmetric Wall-Frame Structures Based on the Enhanced Damage Model

Table 5

Variables involved in the paper.

SymbolExplanation

Wavelet transforms coefficient
Scale coefficient
Position coefficient
Wavelet function
Wavelet energy
The frequency of the structure
The center frequency of the wavelet
The sampling interval
The damage factor of component i on the fth story
The damage factor of component caused by deformation of the fth story
The damage factor of component caused by energy dissipation of the fth floor;
The maximum displacement of component under earthquake action
The ultimate displacement of component under monotonic load
The yield strength of the component
The total hysteretic energy dissipation of the component
λThe shear span ratio
The axial compression ratio
ρThe longitudinal reinforcement ratio
The volumetric stirrup ratio
The damage factor of the fth story
The weighted combination coefficient of component i in the fth story
The hysteretic energy dissipation of component i in the fth story
The strain energy of the initial structure
The displacement vector of the structure
The load vector of the structure
The generalized force
The generalized displacement
The loss rate of the generalized stiffness
Generalized stiffness of the initial structure
The generalized stiffness of the residual structure after the failure of component i
The damage factors of fth story caused by the deformation
The damage factors of fth story caused by the hysteretic energy dissipation
The weighted combination coefficients of component i on fth story corresponding to deformation
The weighted combination coefficients of component i on fth story corresponding to hysteretic energy dissipation
The importance coefficient of component i on fth story
The maximum story damage factor
The threshold for story damage factor of the ith performance level
The standard normal probability distribution
The mean value of the maximum story damage factor
The standard deviation of the maximum story damage factor