Performance assessment and strengthening proposal of an existing building

Due to major-scale earthquakes, revisions of earthquake resistant structural design methods have periodically been made in seismic codes. It is known that many existing buildings are located active zones all parts the world. Severe damage members, with partial or total collapse buildings, has observed past earthquakes. Consequently, evaluation performance and strengthening techniques according various codes become a global issue engineering. With development computer technology, non-linear offering increasingly reliable procedures performance-based assessment buildings. In this study, analysis an typical mid-rise reinforced concrete building first performed Turkish Building Earthquake Code-2018 American Standard, ASCE. After strengthened by steel braces once again. The SAP2000 finite elements software utilized solutions. Damage ratios members as well modal properties storey drift determined compared both codes, it concluded proposed method could be significant alternative such