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Seismic preformance evaluaion of a typical Mid-Rise RC Building

AuthorTalpur, Mir Shabir Ali
NoteA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Structural Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology
PublisherAsian Institute of Technology
AbstractReinforced concrete residential buildings are a common occurrence in developing countries. Due to lack of expertise in both design and construction these buildings are designed and constructed to resist only gravity loads. These gravity load designed residential buildings can cause heavy human causalities if they are subjected to earthquakes. In this study a typical midrise residential building with reinforced concrete frame and shear wall designed only to resist gravity loads was selected. This residential building is located in Pakistan a country in which severe earthquakes occur. A nonlinear model of this building was constructed in Perform 3D and performance of the building was evaluated using nonlinear dynamic time history analysis and modal pushover analysis. It was found that the building was not able to resist UBC 97 zone 2 site class D earthquakes which are of moderate level. More over the response of the building was dominated by flexure. The results from nonlinear dynamic time history analysis and modal pushover analysis showed good agreement.
Year2012
TypeThesis
SchoolSchool of Engineering and Technology (SET)
DepartmentDepartment of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE)
Academic Program/FoSStructural Engineering (STE) /Former Name = Structural Engineering and Construction (ST)
Chairperson(s)Pennung Warnitchai;
Examination Committee(s)Punchet Thammarak;Anwar, Naveed ;
Scholarship Donor(s)AIT Fellowship;


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