Design Procedures of Reinforced Concrete Framed Buildings in Nepal and its Impact on Seismic Safety

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2014

Autores

Hemchandra Chaulagain (Autor) Outra; Hugo Rodrigues (Autor) Outra; Enrico Spacone (Autor) Outra; Humberto Varum (Autor) FEUP

Revista

Título: Advances in Structural Engineering

Vol. 17

Páginas: 1419-1442

ISSN: 1369-4332

Editora: SAGE

Indexação

ISI Web of Knowledge - 3 Citações

Scopus - 8 Citações

Classificação Científica

FOS: Ciências da engenharia e tecnologias > Engenharia civil

CORDIS: Ciências Tecnológicas > Engenharia > Engenharia civil > Engenharia estrutural

Outras Informações

ID Authenticus: P-009-VGV

DOI: 10.1260/1369-4332.17.10.1419

Abstract (EN): The present paper analyses the design procedure and its impact on seismic safety of the structures. For this, a representative reinforced concrete frame building (WDS) is designed and the results are compared with similar buildings detailed with: i) Current Construction Practices (CCP); ii) the Nepal Building Code (NBC) and iii) the Modified Nepal Building Code (NBC+) recommendations. The seismic performance evaluation is done with global strength, inter-storey drift and displacement of the structures. Likewise, the sensitivity of the structural and geometrical parameters of the RC frame building is studied through nonlinear analysis. The study parameters considered for parametric analysis are column size, beam size, inter-storey height, bay length, bay width, and compressive strength of concrete. The results show that the influence on the structural behaviour, particularly by variation in column size and inter-storey height. Additionally, the influence of the seismic zone factor on reinforcement demand of the structure is studied. The result shows that structures designed for high to medium seismic hazard demands double the reinforcement in beams compared to structures in low seismic zone.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 24