Floor Accelerations for the Design of Non-Structural and Structural Elements that are not Part of the Seismic Resistance System in Buildings

The purpose is to evaluate the method used in the Colombian Earthquake Resistant Construction Regulations (NSR-10) to calculate the floor accelerations that are necessary to design non-structural elements and structural elements that are not part of the seismic resistance system. The study compares the maximum floor accelerations calculated with NSR-10, ASCE 7-10, UBC-97, Eurocode 8-04 and NZS 1170.5-04, with the maximum floor accelerations measured in specimens tested on a vibrating table, and in existing buildings during real earthquakes. The article also proposes a modification to the method currently used by NSR-10. The proposed modification generates a more accurate estimate of the accelerations needed to design these elements in medium and high-rise buildings. The proposed recommendations are based on the results of the evaluation of the method currently used in NSR-10, the procedure used in other seismic-resistant standards, experimental results measured in reinforced concrete structure models and accelerations recorded in instrumented buildings.

• Autores: Barbosa, Ricardo E.; Álvarez E., José J.; Carrillo León, Julian
• Tipo de recurso: Article of journal
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad de Medellín
• Repositorio: Repositorio UDEM
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repository.udem.edu.co:11407/5508
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/11407/5508; https://doi.org/10.22395/rium.v17n33a5
• Palabra clave: Floor acceleration; Building contents; Earthquake damage; Instrumented building; Non-structural element; Seismic resistance system; Aceleração de piso; Conteúdo de edifícios; Dano por sismo; Edifício instrumentado; Elemento não estrutural; Sistema de resistência sísmica; Aceleración de piso; Contenido de edificios; Daño por sismo; Edificio instrumentado; Elemento no estructural; Sistema de resistencia sísmica
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/