Determination of Time Period of Vibration Effect on Seismic Performance of Building

Abstract:

Most seismic codes specify empirical formulas to obtain the fundamental period of buildings. The equations specified in present IS codes, are according to the available data on the time period of buildings measured from their recorded accelerograms. Shear-wall dominant reinforced concrete buildings, constructed, using codes specification are commonly built in different countries, facing a substantial seismic risk, in spite of their high resistance against ground motions. Current seismic code provisions including the Uniform Building Code (International Conference of Building Officials, Whittier, CA, 1997) and the Indian Seismic Code (Criteria for earthquake resistant design of buildings, fifth revision, 2002) are considered to evaluate the effect of time period on seismic behavior of building.In this study, time period obtained by code formulas are compared with those obtained by modal analysis in SAP2000. Also the top story displacement (as an adequate parameter of determination the seismic performance of building) correspond to the values of mentioned time period are estimated using uniform building code and software respectively. It is observed that current empirical equation for calculating the time period of RCC buildings is rather inaccurate. Also it is shown that the time period has very effective influence on seismic performance of building.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 330)
• Pages: 878-883
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.330.878
• Online since: June 2013
• Authors: Salimi Firoozabad Ehsan, K. Rama Mohan Rao, Bagheri Bahador
• Keywords: Modal Analysis, Reinforced-Concrete Building, Seismic Performance, Time History Analysis, Time Period of Vibration

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