Case study of seismic performance assessment of irregular RC buildings: hospital structure of Avezzano(L'Aquila, Italy)

作     者：Massimiliano Ferraioli 

作者机构：Department of Civil Engineering Design Building and Environment 

出 版 物：《Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Vibration》 (地震工程与工程振动（英文刊）)

年 卷 期：2015年第14卷第1期

页      面：141-156页

核心收录：

学科分类：081405[工学-防灾减灾工程及防护工程] 08[工学] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 081402[工学-结构工程] 0815[工学-水利工程] 081304[工学-建筑技术科学] 0813[工学-建筑学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0814[工学-土木工程] 0801[工学-力学（可授工学、理学学位）] 

主　　题：irregular buildings torsion pushover analysis seismic performance assessment 

摘      要：Most published studies on inelastic earthquake response of non-symmetric buildings are based on simplified inelastic, highly idealized models, while general conclusions regarding the inelastic torsional response of multistory building are still lacking. This paper aims to provide a useful contribution in the study of the torsional response of real irregular buildings. To this aim, the manuscript reports the comprehensive study on the seismic vulnerability of an irregular RC building： the hospital building ofAvezzano （L＇Aquila Italy）. For this multi-story building, which is irregular in both plan and elevation, the application of nonlinear static evaluation procedures is by no means straightforward. The study proposes a nonlinear static procedure based on pushover analysis under the multimodal distribution of lateral loads and a capacity spectrum method. This pushover procedure accounts for mass distribution, higher modes contribution and mode-shapes correlation. Furthermore, due to its non-iterative feature, it avoids problems of non-convergence and multiple solutions of the conventional capacity spectrum method. Applied to a real case study, the procedure is used to investigate, in a 3D plan irregular building, the sensitivity of torsional inelastic response to lateral force distribution, higher modes contribution, accidental eccentricity and controlled point for monitoring the target displacement.