Nonlinear earthquake assessment of a three story standard school building developed in year 2005 in Sri Lanka : including masonry infill walls | |
| Author | Perera, Kankanige Manik Sandaruwan |
| Call Number | AIT Caps. Proj. no.CIE-14-36 |
| 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 in Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-14-36 |
| Abstract | Earthquakes cause immense damage to human lives as well as property each year and in today’s world it is considered as one of major natural threats. In order to safeguard occupants and bystander from failure of structures, earthquake designed structures are built worldwide. Sri Lanka being a developing nation has not being constructing earthquake proof structures since late and most if not all structures which are built in the past are unprotected against seismic activity. In this assessment, a three story school structure which provides shelter to the youth of Sri Lanka will be assessed under seismic loads to obtain its performance level using nonlinear static pushover analysis method. For this purpose, the aid of the OpenSees nonlinear analysis software will be incorporated. The earthquake assessment will be conducted for earthquakes with return periods of 50 year, 475 year and 2475 year. Also an assessment on the effect infill walls have on the bare frame structure under seismic loading will be carried out. |
| Year | 2014 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Caps. Proj. ; no. CIE-14-36 |
| 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 ;Punchet Thammarak; |
| Degree | Capstone Project (B.Sc.)-Asian Institute of Technology, 2014 |