A Study on Positioning of Different Shapes of Shear Walls in L Shaped Building Subjected to Seismic Forces

Abstract

An investigation has been performed to study the optimum location and different shapes of shear walls in L shaped high rise building. Shear walls are the structural members used to increase the strength of RCC Structures. It is essential to find out the effective, efficient and ideal location of shear walls become essential to the building interior when the exterior walls cannot provide extra strength and stiffness to the building. In this study an L shaped high rise building with different locations of shear walls and with different shapes of shear walls is considered for the analysis. The high rise building is analyzed using the ETABS software to determine the various parameters such as Time period, Base shear, Storey drift and Storey displacement. The results of the analysis on the various parameters are presented in the tabular form and graphical form and the results of various parameters are compared using the different methods of seismic analysis such as ESA RSA and Time history analysis.