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DOI Prefix: 10.47001/IRJIET
Masonry
infills are usually treated as non-structural elements in buildings, and their
interaction with the bounding frame is often ignored in analysis and design of
reinforced concrete structures. The main aim of this study is to develop a
seismic fragility curves showing the probability of exceeding a damage limit
state for a given structure type subjected to a seismic excitation. For the
purpose of this study, three distinct buildings namely, seven-story,
eleven-story and sixteen-story, with typical floor plan were proposed as the
case study. Each building cases are explicitly modeled as a bare frame and HCB
in-filled model with varying percentage of infill configurations. All building
models under the case study were analyzed using Seismo-Struct software to
assess seismic vulnerabilities. Non-linear dynamic time history and pushover
analysis were employed to generate fragility curves. 30 generated artificial
accelerograms were employed in the nonlinear dynamic time history analysis.
Accordingly, for developing a fragility curve, nonlinear dynamic analyses of 30
building models for each case are conducted and the maximum roof displacement
(ID) for each ground motion is recorded. Results of the study showed that bare
frame has a highest probability of failure and building models with a larger
percentage of infill configurations have lesser failure probability than
slightly infilled building models. Basically these infills have significant
contribution in arresting large lateral deflections and results in lower and
most tolerable story displacements under excited earthquake motion and
eventually reducing the structure’s probability of failure at life safety and
collapse prevention limit states.
Country : Ethiopia
IRJIET, Volume 6, Issue 12, December 2022 pp. 52-59