A Comparative Study of Different Positioning of Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls in Soft Storey Building Subjected to Acheh Eartquake Event

Abstract

The system of shear wall as an additive in retrofitting of soft storey structure has been investigated in previous and present research to improve the strength of structures due to seismic load. The aim of this research is to conduct comparative study on Equivalent Static Analysis (ESA), Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) and Time History Analysis (THA) of structure between reference sample and shear wall systems was performed in order to determine the strength and stiffness of soft storey structure. The locations and shapes of shear wall system were used as retrofitting method. The retrofitting of soft storey structure was done for fives (5) models consist of one (1) model without shear wall as reference sample and the other four (4) models of different location and shape of shear wall systems. The models were tested by using SAP200 computer software to performed strength of structure. The models had been checking by value of lateral displacement and base shear resistance. Based on the collected data, the additional of shear wall was found to increase the strength and stiffness of soft storey structure. The swastika shape of shear wall and provide at centre experienced the maximum base shear resistance in all X, Y and Z direction and the least displacement compared to other model. Through this study had shown the improvement of strength of soft storey structure by applying shear wall system as an additive strength and stiffness of structure due earthquake event.