Before incorporating the earthquake-resistance design in design code(1988), most of existing residential buildings were built without having lateral resistance capacity in addition to their structural peculiarity such as exterior stair ways, exterior elevator room. For these reasons, the retrofitting research demands for existing buildings arise recently and many retrofitting methods are proposed. These tasks are irnportant to reduce the enormous economic loss and environmental issues. The objective of this study is to predict the perforrnance increase due to various strengthen schemes and suggest adequate strengthen methods for wall type apartment buildings not designed to resist earthquake.

In this study, retrofit improvement ratios for reinforced concrete (RC) moment frames according to the various seismic retrofit methods is investigated. The three jacketing methods (RC, steel, FRP) are considered as the seismic retrofit method. The fragility analysis is performed to evaluate the seismic performance of a structure

In this study, retrofit improvement ratios for reinforced concrete (RC) moment frames according to the various seismic retrofit methods is investigated. The three jacketing methods (RC, steel, FRP) are considered as the seismic retrofit method. The fragility analysis is performed to evaluate the seismic performance of a structure.