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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Volume 89, Number 5, March10 2024 , pages 491-505 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2024.89.5.491 |
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Investigation of seismic performance of a premodern RC building typology after November 26, 2019 earthquake |
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Marsed Leti and Hüseyin Bilgin
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| Abstract | ||
| This study evaluates the seismic performance of a premodern six story reinforced concrete building typology designed during the communism period of Albania and build throughout the country. During the November 26, 2019 Earthquake in Albania, the most affected reinforced concrete buildings were among the old templates, lacking shear walls and inadequate reinforcement details which suffer from concrete aging. The mathematical model of the selected building is done in the environments of ZeusNL software, developed especially for earthquake engineering applications. The capacity curve of the structure is gained using the conventional static nonlinear analysis. On the other hand, the demand estimation is utilized using one of the recent methods known as Incremental Dynamic Analysis with a set of 18 ground motion records. The limit states in both curves are defined based on the modern guidelines. For the pushover, immediate occupancy (IO), life safety (LS) and collapse prevention (CP) are plotted in the same graph with capacity curve. Furthermore, on each IDA derived, the IO, CP and global instability (GI) are determined. Moreover, the IDA fractiles are generated as suggested by the literature, 16%, 50% (median) and 84%. In addition, the comparative assessment of the IDA median with capacity curve shows good correlation points. Lastly, this study shows the approach of determination of LS in IDA fractiles for further vulnerability assessment based on the local seismic hazard map with 95 and 475 return period. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| incremental dynamic analysis; November 26, 2019 Albanian Earthquake; premodern RC building typology; pushover analysis; seismic performance assessment; ZeusNL | ||
| Address | ||
| Marsed Leti and Hüseyin Bilgin: Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Architecture and Engineering, EPOKA University, Tirana, Albania | ||