Proposal of Fragility Function for Wooden Houses Under Pulsive Ground Motions

Abstract

In this paper, we make fragility function on wooden houses for pulsive ground motion and grasp the characteristic ofit. Major findings from this research are as follows: (1) Fragility function changes by input seismic motion and distributionof building resistance force. (2) It cannot be necessarily said that it is important that we put up building proof stress toaim at the damage reduction of the building. (3) Simple calculation fomula is proposed, which takes the influence ofground motion and distribution of building resistance force into consideration.