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SEISMIC EVALUATION OF MULTISTORIED FRAME SYSTEM

ABSTRACT Recent building codes for seismic design and evaluation are based on performance criteria that entail the estimation of inelastic response of the buildings due to seismic loading. These seismic demands can be accurately determined by employing methods of nonlinear time history analysis. Simplified methods based on nonlinear static analysis, known as pushover analysis and nonlinear dynamic analysis, known as time history analysis, have been developed by several regulations to satisfy the performance based criteria for seismic design and evaluation of buildings. However, engineers prefer simpler and less expensive methods for everyday design of typical buildings against earthquake. Hence, simplified methods based on nonlinear analysis. This study deals with the application of recent techniques of different types analyses, which are proposed by the international regulations for seismic design and evaluation to determine the structural performance of multistorey RC buildings when subjected to earthquakes. In this study, 3D analytical model of multistorey building has been generated and analyzed using the software ETABS. The building models considered are frames with (open ground storey) and without infill walls (bare frame). Study was also made by considering the concrete core and shear walls at different positions in plan and elevation. The performance of these models was evaluated using linear static, linear dynamic (response spectrum method) as well as nonlinear static (pushover) and nonlinear dynamic (time history) procedures. Nonlinear time-history analyses are carried out for each building by employing a set of natural earthquake records, where various levels of peak ground accelerations are used for each earthquake record. The dynamic results illustrate the nonlinear relation between the base shear and roof drift of the building. Therefore, nonlinear dynamic curves for the buildings are developed as the best fit curves for the linear dynamic results. From the analyses the deflections at each storey level are computed and are compared by performing equivalent static, response spectrum method as well as pushover and time history analyses. Numerical results for the following seismic demands are shown considering the inelastic behavior of the buildings: roof drifts, storey total drifts, interstorey drift ratios, ductility coefficients and plastic hinge distributions and response of the structure.

The results indicate that the seismic demands estimated by applying the response spectrum analysis techniques agree well for the good performance and economical design without going to rigorous nonlinear time-history analysis for the multistorey RC buildings. Therefore, these seismic demands of response spectrum analysis are acceptable for everyday design purposes. In general, lower storeys are more vulnerable to damage than those in upper storeys. It is observed that yielding initiates in the bottom storey members and gradually spreads to the upper storeys at higher displacements, with the top storey members suffering little or no damage. The plastic hinge distributions point to the importance of incorporating the effects of inelastic deformations, which develop in the building during the pushover analysis, through the lateral load patterns.

KEY WORDS: Inelastic response, inelastic behavior, natural periods, inter storey drift ratio, ductility coefficients and response.

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