Methodology to Evaluate the Participation Percentage of the Contents, Structural and Nonstructural Elements in the Loss Estimation in Masonry Houses in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico

Abstract eng:
Literature shows a distribution of importance in the economic losses after earthquakes of: a) structural elements, b) nonstructural elements, and c) contents. These reports correspond to buildings used like hotels, offices and hospitals, same that keep very important contents in value, and not necessarily the typical furniture and contents that are lodged in a house. Additionally, there are studies on structures built in the west coast of the United States and Japan. This work presents a methodology to determine the percentage of participation of these three headings in masonry houses of two levels and buildings of apartments of up to four levels for the city of Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas. In order to elaborate the proposed methodology were used: data of field, information of the population censuses 2005, studies of market, and statistical tools. The obtained results show the distribution costs for structural and non structural elements of typical houses and apartments in the south part of México.

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