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Earthquakes and Structures Volume 10, Number 2, February 2016, pages 293-311 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12989/eas.2016.10.2.293 |
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Seismic evaluation and retrofitting of reinforced concrete buildings with base isolation systems |
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Lazaros K. Vasiliadis
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| Abstract | ||
| A parametric study on the nonlinear seismic response of isolated reinforced concrete structural frame is presented. Three prototype frames designed according to the 1954 Hellenic seismic code, with number of floor ranging from 1 to 3 were considered. These low rise frames are representative of many existing reinforced concrete buildings in Greece. The efficacy of the implementation of both lead rubber bearings (LRB) and friction pendulum isolators (FPI) base isolation systems were examined. The selection of the isolation devices was made according to the ratio Tis/Tfb, where Tis is the period of the base isolation system and Tbf is the period of the fixed-base building. The main purpose of this comprehensive study is to investigate the effect of the isolation system period on the seismic response of inadequately designed low rise buildings. Thus, the implementation of isolation systems which correspond to the ratio Tis/Tfb that values from 3 to 5 is studied. Nonlinear time history analyses were performed to investigate the response of the isolated structures using a set of three natural seismic ground motions. The evaluation of each retrofitting case was made in terms of storey drift and storey shear force while in view of serviceability it was made in terms of storey acceleration. Finally, the maximum developed displacements and the residual displacements of the isolation systems are presented. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| reinforced concrete frame assessment; base isolation; nonlinear analysis; pushover analysis | ||
| Address | ||
| Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Structural Mechanics and Earthquake Engineering Democritus University of Thrace, Vas. Sofias 12, 67100 Xanthi, Greece | ||