Performance Based Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Building by Non-Linear Static Analysis

Abstract

In past two decades earthquake disasters in the world have shown that significant damage occurred even when the buildings were designed as per the conventional earthquake-resistant design philosophy (force-based approach) exposing the inability of the codes to ensure minimum performance of the structures under design earthquake. The performance based seismic design (PBSD), evaluates how the buildings are likely to perform under a design earthquake. As compared to force-based approach, PBSD provides a methodology for assessing the seismic performance of a building, ensuring life safety and minimum economic losses. The non-linear static procedures also known as time history analysis are used to analyze the performance of structure . Plastic hinge formation patterns, plastic rotation, drift ratio and other parameters are selected as performance criterias to define different performance level. In this paper, a five-storey RC building is modelled and designed as per IS 456:2000 and analyzed for lmmediate occupancy performance level in ETABS2015 softwere. Analysis is carried out as per FEMA P58 PART 1 & 2. Plastic hinges as per FEMA273. From the analysis, it is checked that the performance level of the building is as per the assumption