Effect of Shear Wall Area to Floor Area Ratio on the Seismic Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

BURAK BAKIR B., Comlekoglu H. G.

JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING, cilt.139, sa.11, ss.1928-1937, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 139 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2013
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1061/(asce)st.1943-541x.0000785
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1928-1937
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Reinforced concrete, Earthquake resistant structures, Shear walls, Nonlinear analysis, Concrete structures, Seismic effects, Reinforced concrete, Earthquake-resistant structures, Shear walls, Nonlinear analysis, EARTHQUAKES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

An analytical study is performed to evaluate the effect of shear wall area to floor area ratio on the seismic behavior of midrise RC structures. For this purpose, 24 midrise building models that have five and eight stories and shear wall ratios ranging between 0.51 and 2.17% in both directions are generated. Then, the behavior of these building models under earthquake loading is examined by carrying out nonlinear time history analyses. In the analyses, seven different ground motion records are applied to the building models, and the average of the obtained data is used in the evaluation of the seismic performance. Main parameters considered in this study that affect the overall seismic performance of the buildings are the roof and interstory drifts and the base shear responses. The analytical results indicate that at least 1.0% shear wall ratio should be provided in the design of midrise buildings to control the drift. In addition, when the shear wall ratio increases beyond 1.5%, it is observed that the improvement of the seismic performance is not as significant.