Seismic capacity evaluation of the damaged reinforced concrete building during Palu earthquake 2018

Abstract

This paper presents an evaluation of the seismic capacity of the Dean Building of The Faculty of Social and Political Science of Tadulako University due to the Palu Earthquake 2018. The building was built in 2016 and went into use in 2017. The building is made from a reinforced concrete frame consisting of three floors and collapsed after the earthquake. Data for the analysis are taken from the Detail Engineering Design of the Dean Building of The Faculty of Social And Political Science of Tadulako University in 2015. Seismic capacity evaluated based on Standard for Seismic Evaluation of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings issued by the Japan Country. The analysis are done on the 1st-floor structure because the most significant sliding force happens on the first floor. Seismic capacity is invoked in the form of a link between the lateral strength and the ductility index. By using Japanese standards, the building's seismic capacity is relatively small in withstanding the earthquake load and collapsed the building. Based on observations in the field by conducting non-destructive testing using hammer tests, the concrete material had relatively low quality and a failure to connect the column beams by insufficiently reintegrating and resulted in a collapse of the building.