Demountable Precast Concrete Frame–Building System for Seismic Regions: Conceptual Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 04017024 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Aninthaneni ◽  
R. P. Dhakal
2010 ◽  
Vol 163-167 ◽  
pp. 1849-1853
Author(s):  
Ying Xu ◽  
Bi Qin Dong

An industrialized multi-layer precast concrete building with middle-joint beams and columns frame system has been developed by China VANKE CO., LTD. The building is the first industrialized multi-layer precast concrete building for experimental purpose in China. A middle-joint beams and columns method has been utilized with beams and columns split in the middle place. The whole frame structure is then integrated into a unity through precast beams, precast columns, and reliable cast-in-place column-column and beam-beam joints. This paper presents the key points and difficulties during the building design process, introduces the structural design of column-column and beam-beam joints, and analyses the advantages and weaknesses of middle-joint beams and columns frame system.


2020 ◽  
pp. 127-129
Author(s):  
Ž. P. Cuckič

At the end of a decade-long research work at the Moravamont plant in Gnjilane, a new completely prefabricated building system was created from reinforced concrete and prestressed precast elements on the track, which was called Moravamont 2000. Presented in paper final results demonstrates that the construction is well and rationally designed, that the construction behaviour for the maximum expected earthquake effects with a return period of 500 years, according to the criterion of regulation, is resistant and resistant to an earthquake without major damage.


2019 ◽  
Vol 97 ◽  
pp. 04022
Author(s):  
Nikolay Trekin ◽  
Emil Kodysh ◽  
Alexander Bybka ◽  
Alexander Yamalov ◽  
Nikita Konkov

The article provides an analysis and justification of the need to take into account the compliance of discs of overlapping and coatings when calculating frames from precast concrete structures. Previously conducted full-scale experiments showed that the rigidity of the precast overlapping with full filling of the seams, in comparison with the monolithic overlapping, decreases by 3-15 times due to the ductility of the joints. The use of refined computational models of structural solutions for frames, which take into account the compliance of the conjugations of elements, makes it possible to trace possible redistribution of efforts. Such an approach when reconstructing, it is possible to optimally select and calculate the enforcement of structure, and on new designing, to increase reliability and / or improve the economic performance of frame buildings. According to the results of analytical studies, formulas were adopted for the parameters that allow one to take into account the overall compliance of overlapping disks and coatings in computational models of building frames. Numerical studies on the computational model of a frame building made it possible to evaluate the effect of accounting for compliance on the stress-strain state of a multi-storey frame.


Author(s):  
Jin Zhou ◽  
Zhelun Zhang ◽  
Tessa Williams ◽  
Sashi K. Kunnath

AbstractThe development of fragility functions that express the probability of collapse of a building as a function of some ground motion intensity measure is an effective tool to assess seismic vulnerability of structures. However, a number of factors ranging from ground motion selection to modeling decisions can influence the quantification of collapse probability. A methodical investigation was carried out to examine the effects of component modeling and ground motion selection in establishing demand and collapse risk of a typical reinforced concrete frame building. The primary system considered in this study is a modern 6-story RC moment frame building that was designed to current code provisions in a seismically active region. Both concentrated and distributed plasticity beam–column elements were used to model the building frame and several options were considered in constitutive modeling for both options. Incremental dynamic analyses (IDA) were carried out using two suites of ground motions—the first set comprised site-dependent ground motions, while the second set was a compilation of hazard-consistent motions using the conditional scenario spectra approach. Findings from the study highlight the influence of modeling decisions and ground motion selection in the development of seismic collapse fragility functions and the characterization of risk for various demand levels.


1970 ◽  
Vol 96 (3) ◽  
pp. 637-661
Author(s):  
Harold W. Conner ◽  
Paul H. Kaar ◽  
W. Gene Corley

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1871 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueyuan Yan ◽  
Suguo Wang ◽  
Canling Huang ◽  
Ai Qi ◽  
Chao Hong

Precast monolithic structures are increasingly applied in construction. Such a structure has a performance somewhere between that of a pure precast structure and that of a cast-in-place structure. A precast concrete frame structure is one of the most common prefabricated structural systems. The post-pouring joint is important for controlling the seismic performance of the entire precast monolithic frame structure. This paper investigated the joints of a precast prestressed concrete frame structure. A reversed cyclic loading test was carried out on two precast prestressed concrete beam–column joints that were fabricated with two different concrete strengths in the keyway area. This testing was also performed on a cast-in-place reinforced concrete joint for comparison. The phenomena such as joint crack development, yielding, and ultimate damage were observed, and the seismic performance of the proposed precast prestressed concrete joint was determined. The results showed that the precast prestressed concrete joint and the cast-in-place joint had a similar failure mode. The stiffness, bearing capacity, ductility, and energy dissipation were comparable. The hysteresis curves were full and showed that the joints had good energy dissipation. The presence of prestressing tendons limited the development of cracks in the precast beams. The concrete strength of the keyway area had little effect on the seismic performance of the precast prestressed concrete joints. The precast prestressed concrete joints had a seismic performance that was comparable to the equivalent monolithic system.


1971 ◽  
Vol 97 (9) ◽  
pp. 2424-2425
Author(s):  
Harold W. Conner ◽  
Paul H. Kaar ◽  
W. Gene Corley

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