Effect of Irregular Configurations on Seismic Vulnerability of RC Buildings

Abstract

Many buildings in the present scenario have irregular configurations both in plan and elevation. This in future may subject to devastating earthquakes. In case, it is necessary to identify the performance of the structures to withstand against disaster for both new and existing one. The present paper made an attempt to study two kinds of irregularities in the building models namely plan irregularity with geometric and diaphragm discontinuity and vertical irregularity with setback and sloping ground. These irregularities are created as per clause 7.1 of IS 1893 (part1)2002 code. In Oder to identify the most vulnerable building among the models considered, the various analytical approaches are performed to identify the seismic demands in both linear and nonlinear way. It is also examined the effect of three different lateral load patterns on the performance of various irregular buildings in pushover analysis. This study creates awareness about seismic vulnerability concept on practicing engineers. Keywords