New Lateral Force Distribution for Seismic Design of Structures Based on Seismic Demand Ratio

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  • Vafa Morsali Department of Civil Engineering, IAU Saghez Branch, Saghez, Iran
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The design of earthquake-resistant buildings starts with defining the maximum lateral earthquake forces or their resultant. The amount of these forces depends on various factors, including coefficient of system behavior which depends on overstrength and its ductility. In this study, a method is presented for designing an earthquake-resistant system in which the distribution of lateral forces is adjusted based on equal distribution of the seismic demand ratio in structural elements for the optimum use of seismic capability of the structure. To this end, three types of 4-, 7-, and 10-story structures are used. First, the above-mentioned structures are designed based on gravity loads and then analyzed based on linear and nonlinear dynamic analyses, using the accelerograms of some major earthquakes. Following that, the average loading ratio to the allowed capacity of the elements of each story in linear analysis and the average ratios of plastic rotations to the allowed capacity of elements in nonlinear analysis are applied as the modified shear ratio in the Iranian National Seismic Code. Therefore, the new lateral loading distribution is measured and identified. Based on this new distribution, the above-mentioned structures are designed and their seismic behaviors are identified, using linear and nonlinear dynamic analyses of the same accelerograms. The findings indicate an improved seismic behavior of the beams and the columns. Moreover, the distribution of the seismic demand ratios attains more uniformity along the height of the structures.

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Journal title

volume 7  issue 1

pages  255- 272

publication date 2019-02-01

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