Abstract
Bangladesh is one of the most earthquake prone areas in South-Asia and Sylhet is the most seismic vulnerable region in Bangladesh. Seismic performance analysis is highly recommended to ensure safe and sound building structures for this region. To get better performance from reinforced concrete (RCC) structure, new seismic design provisions require structural engineers to perform both static and dynamic analysis for the design of structures. The objective of the this study is to carry out static and dynamic analysis i.e. equivalent static analysis, response spectrum analysis (RSA) and time history analysis (THA) over different regular and irregular shaped RCC building frame considering the equal span of each frame as per Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC)- 2006. In this study, four different shaped (W-shape, L-shape, Rectangle, Square) ten storied RCC building frames are analysed using ETABS v9.7.1 and SAP 2000 v14.0.0 for seismic zone 3 (Sylhet) in Bangladesh. Comparative study on the maximum displacement of different shaped buildings due to static loading and dynamic response spectrum has been explored. From the analyzed results it has been found that, for static load analysis, effects of earthquake force approximately same to all models except model-1(W-shape).W-shape has been found most vulnerable for earthquake load case. It is also found from the response spectrum analysis that the displacements for irregular shaped building frames are more than that of regular shaped building. The overall performance of regular structures is found better than irregular structures.
Highlights
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country of the world
This study aims is to evaluate the impact of shape on earthquake response of reinforced concrete (RCC) multi-storied building frames in according to Bangladesh National Building Code (BNBC)-2006
From the analysis of various shaped multi-storied buildings it is found that all structures fulfil displacement criteria for equivalent static analysis though Model-1 just touches allowable limit curve
Summary
Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated country of the world. Due to the large population and small per capita area, the construction of mid to high-rise buildings is becoming quite familiar in the country [1]. As Bangladesh is located in one of the most active seismic region of the world, consideration of earthquake loads in structural design has become a significant issue [2]. The behaviour of a building during an earthquake depends on several factors, stiffness, adequate lateral strength and ductility, simple and regular configurations [3]. At the time of any disaster like earthquake, cyclone or tornado, failure of structure starts at points of weakness. This weakness arises due to discontinuity in mass, stiffness and geometry of structure [4, 5]. Seismic analysis must be done for regular and irregular medium to high-rise buildings
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