Author : Kartik Suresh Mahajan 1
Date of Publication :14th March 2017
Abstract: Seismic events viz., Earthquakes are one of the most devastative events faced by mankind which has a potential to cripple even the economy of a nation. Reinforced concrete multi-storied high rise structures have become a common sight in urban habitat. These structures are made irregular in order to provide certain functionalities viz., parking spaces, lighting, ventilation and other architectural considerations in geometry of the structure etc. These irregularities are broadly classified as vertical and horizontal. They cause sudden change in stiffness, strength, mass characteristics of structures, resulting in drastic change in its behavior during earthquakes [10]. It has been established during earlier events at Latur (Maharashtra), Indonesia, Nepal etc., that these types of irregular structures are vulnerable during earthquakes. Hence lot of research is focused in this direction to mitigate the casualties arising due to irregular RC structures. The present paper focuses to study the seismic behavior of RC buildings which have horizontal irregularity (L-, T-, plus- and I-shaped plan configuration) with/without infill walls in comparison to a regular building for various seismic zones in INDIA having soil types I & III. Dynamic analysis using response spectrum from IS 1893 (Part 1):2002 has been performed for regular and irregular buildings using SAP2000. Further, the influence of infill wall, known for its pronounced vulnerability during past earthquakes on the seismic behavior of RC structures is also presented.
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