Seismic Performance of a Deficient Reinforced Concrete Test Frame with Infill Walls

Kurt E. G., BİNİCİ B., KURÇ Ö., CANBAY E., Akpinar A., Ozcebe G.

EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA, cilt.27, sa.3, ss.817-834, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1193/1.3609876
  • Dergi Adı: EARTHQUAKE SPECTRA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.817-834
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: cracks, dynamic testing, earthquake engineering, reinforced concrete, statistical analysis, structural engineering, walls, RC FRAMES
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

A two-story, three-bay RC frame with code incompliant seismic design and detailing is tested using continuous pseudodynamic test method for three scale levels of Duzce ground motion. The ground motion produced minimum, significant, and severe damage states on the test structure. Diagonal cracking of the infill wall, column damage in the form of cover spalling and rebar buckling, and complete disintegration of the infill wall were the important observed damage events for the three scale levels, respectively. Nonlinear time history analyses were able to estimate the story displacement response with reasonable accuracy. The importance of element removal for near collapse damage state is unfolded. Tracing the local engineering demand parameters such as strains and curvature was found to be extremely difficult. [DOI: 10.1193/1.3609876]