Seismic Performance Assessment of a Reinforced Concrete Building designed using the Albanian Seismic Code

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Zhulegu ◽  
H. Bilgin
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Performance Assessment ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Building ◽  
Seismic Code ◽  
Concrete Building

Seismic performance assessment of two‐storey precast reinforced concrete building

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 2011-2027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Chourasia ◽  
Yogesh Kajale ◽  
Shubham Singhal ◽  
Jalaj Parashar
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Seismic Performance Assessment ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Building ◽  
Concrete Building

Seismic Performance of a Mixed Masonry-Reinforced Concrete Building

2015 ◽  
pp. 293-312 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincenzo Gattulli ◽  
Francesco Potenza ◽  
Filippo Valvona
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Discrete Models ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Structure ◽  
Reinforced Concrete Building ◽  
Seismic Performance Evaluation ◽  
Current Limit ◽  
Concrete Building ◽  
Nonlinear Static Procedure ◽  
The City

The 6th of April 2009, a quite strong earthquake of magnitude ML =5.8 (Mw=6.3), struck in the city of L'Aquila. The seismic event caused serious injure to several masonry buildings, compromising a large part of the valuable historical and architectural heritage. The present work deals with seismic performance evaluation of an existing mixed masonry-reinforced concrete building in downtown L'Aquila city. A comprehensive discussion on the current limit capacity of the building based on the visual inspections of the occurred seismic damage, the experimental data from a wide campaign of on-site tests on the material properties, the results of numerical simulations from different naturally discrete models of the mixed masonry-reinforced concrete structure are presented. The seismic performance is evaluated through well-recognized N2 nonlinear static procedure. The Frame by Macro-Elements method is used to define an equivalent 3D frame representation of the structure. The obtained numerical results are directly compared with the surveyed damages.

Seismic Performance Assessment of Offshore Reinforced Concrete Bridges Using the Force Analogy Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (05) ◽  
pp. 1550012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Zhang ◽  
Hong-Nan Li ◽  
Gang Li
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Seismic Performance ◽  
High Efficiency ◽  
Pushover Analysis ◽  
Chloride Ions ◽  
Initial Stiffness ◽  
Seismic Performance Assessment ◽  
Analogy Method ◽  
Plastic Mechanism

In this paper, the seismic performance of offshore reinforced concrete (RC) bridges during their life cycle periods is assessed by the pushover analysis based on the concept of the force analogy method (FAM). The governing equations and implementation process of the proposed pushover method are first derived. The material nonlinearity is modeled by the local plastic mechanism, which is capable of simulating the monotonic strength hardening and softening behaviors of RC piers. The chloride ions corrosion effect for the RC bridges located in coastal areas is considered by using the deterioration model for the mechanical property of reinforcement steel. Besides, structural stability against overturning is considered by incorporating the geometric nonlinearity with the FAM. Since the initial stiffness matrices remain constant through the computation process, the advantages of the FAM, such as high efficiency and stability, are retained. A numerical example is carried out to illustrate the process of seismic performance assessment for offshore RC bridges with the FAM.

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