PROSPECTS OF ESTABLISHING EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDINGS FROM TUBE CONCRETE CONSTRUCTIONS

Abstract

Abstract. Objectives The aim of the research is to find optimal design solutions for the erection of buildings that will ensure their reliability and durability, compliance with environmental requirements, fire resistance and earthquake resistance. In this regard, the task is to determine the advantages and prospects of erecting earthquake resistant buildings from concrete constructions, since they are distinct in constructive, technological and economic efficiency when are used as vertical load-bearing struts of high-rise buildings. Method The technique for calculating the strength of normal sections of eccentrically-compressed concrete elements uses a nonlinear deformation model, taking into account the joint operation of the steel shell and the concrete core under the conditions of triaxial compression. Results In the article the review of the newest world experience of using concrete as vertical load-bearing structures for public facilities from the standpoint of earthquake resistant construction is given. The international practices of public facility construction ranging in height from 100 to 600 m with the use of concrete technology, including regions with dangerous natural and man-made conditions, have been studied. The structural, operational and technological advantages and disadvantages of concrete technology are analysed. Methods for calculating the strength of concrete elements in the case of central compression are considered: according to the so-called deformation theory, the state of total destruction of both concrete and fluidity attained at maximum pressure are indicated by the beginning of tube flow on the longitudinal axis. The advantages and disadvantages of both methods are shown. Factors constraining the introduction and wider application of concrete constructions in Russia are considered. Conclusion While the advantages of concrete constructions in their extensive implementation in earthquake-resistant construction are obvious, further in-depth studies of the behaviour of concrete elements operating under both static and dynamic stresses repeatedly, statically indeterminate load-carrying building frames are needed.