ABSTRACT A room damage ranking flow was developed based on shake table test results to support the seismic design of medical facilities with improved functional continuity. The proposed system, consisting of four classification levels determined through consultations with medical personnel, assesses post‐earthquake medical serviceability using floor response parameters as engineering demand parameters (EDPs). Specifically, the ranking incorporates maximum floor acceleration, maximum floor velocity, and the integral of bracketed acceleration as EDPs. The validity of the proposed ranking was confirmed through comparison with data from previous post‐earthquake surveys. Subsequently, a parametric analysis was conducted to examine the relationship between structural properties and room damage severity.
Motoki et al. (Thu,) studied this question.