Nonlinear earthquake assessment of a two story standard school building developed in year 2005 in Sri Lanka : including and excluding masonry infill walls | |
| Author | Gunathilake, Pangolle Gedara Rajitha |
| Call Number | AIT Caps. Proj. no.CIE-14-19 |
| Subject(s) | Buildings--Earthquake effects--Evaluation--Sri Lanka Earthquakes and building--Sri Lanka |
| Note | A capstone project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Science in Engineering Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-14-19 |
| Abstract | In today’s world, earthquakes are considered to be one of the major threats that cause heavy damage to human life as well as built up structures and the economy. Hence most of the developing countries in the world are nowadays constructing structures in order to withstand these seismic loads but Sri Lanka being a developing country has yet to mater the trend. Most of the structures built in Sri Lanka till now are not designed to withstand seismic loads and among them are school buildings which house the future of the country. The following study is carried out focusing on assessing the structural performance of a standard two story school structure which is registered under the Education Ministry of Sri Lanka. It will be analyzed for earthquakes with return periods of 50 year, 475 year and 2475 year using the nonlinear static pushover analysis. And the performance levels of the structure, for each three return period earthquakes will be identified. The software named OpenSees will be incorporated for the analysis process. In this assessment, a discussion about the effect of adding infill walls to a bare frame structure will also be included. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-14-19 |
| Type | Capstone Project |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Civil and Infrastructure Engineering (CIE) |
| Chairperson(s) | Teraphan Ornthammarath; |
| Examination Committee(s) | Punchet Thammarak; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (B.Sc.)-Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |