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Damage to masonry buildings induced by subsidence 
Exploring the influence of soil heterogeneity on settlement and fragility curves for buildings affected by subsidence
Author: Alfonso Prosperi

See the dissertation for additional details.

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In this repository, there is one .zip folder, which contains:

1) Folders with .mat data
   Containing the data for the fragility curves used in Chapter 8 and Appendix C.

2) A ReadMe.txt file, providing additional information and clarification.

3) This file can be used to directly access and visualize the data for the fragility curves. 
   The code is detailed for further clarification. 
   The code requires that the relative location of the .mlx file and the folders remain unchanged.

4) In the folder "Underlying Data", each .mat file contains a structure the information for the 72 settlement shapes applied to one model. 
   The naming of the file is further detailed in the ReadMe.txt file. Each structure contains thus 72 row, one for each settlement pattern,
   identified by the combination of the parameters "C", "Dx", and "xi" in the column CaseName. The structure-column "Summary" contains four columns:

   - "AppliedBeta", the input angular distortion (beta_app) of the model in each step of the analysis. The values are expressed as 1/(beta). Therefore, 
     to obtain the values of the angular distortions is sufficient to compute 1/AppliedBeta;

   - "MeasuredBeta", the retrieved angular distortion (beta_meas) of the model in each step of the analysis. The values are expressed as 1/(beta). Therefore, 
     to obtain the values of the angular distortions is sufficient to compute 1/MeasuredBeta;

   - "Psi", the value of the damage parameter Psi in each step of the analyses;

   - "Step", the step of the settlement phase of each analysis.
