Seismic performance of a 9-storey pre-1970's reinforced concrete wall building in Wellington

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dc.contributor.authorChandramohan, Reagan
dc.contributor.authorDashti, Farhad
dc.contributor.authorDhakal, Rajesh
dc.contributor.authorElwood, Ken
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-11T23:22:32Z
dc.date.available2021-01-11T23:22:32Z
dc.date.issued2020en
dc.description.abstractReconnaissance reports have highlighted the poor performance of non-ductile reinforced concrete buildings during the 2010-11 Canterbury earthquakes. These buildings are widely expected to result in significant losses under future earthquakes due to their seismic vulnerability and prevalence in densely populated urban areas. Wellington, for example, contains more than 70 pre-1970s multi-storey reinforced concrete buildings, ranging in height from 5 to 18 storeys. This study seeks to characterise the seismic performance and evaluate the likely failure modes of a typical pre-1970s reinforced concrete building in Wellington, by conducting advanced numerical simulations to evaluate its 3D nonlinear dynamic response. A representative 9-storey office building constructed in 1951 is chosen for this study and modelled in the finite element analysis programme DIANA, using a previously developed and validated approach to predict the failure modes of doubly reinforced walls with confined boundary regions. The structure consists of long walls and robust framing elements resulting in a stiff lateral load resisting system. Barbell-shaped walls are flanked by stiff columns with sufficient transverse reinforcement to serve as boundary regions. Curved shell elements are used to model the walls and their boundary columns, for which the steel reinforcement is explicitly modelled. Line elements are used to model the frame elements. The steel reinforcement in each member is explicitly modelled. The floor slabs are modelled using elastic shell elements. The model is analysed under short and long duration ground motions selected to match site specific targets in Wellington at the DBE and MCE intensity levels. The observed response of the building including drift profiles at each intesity level, strain localization effects around wall openings, and the influence of bidirectional loading are discussed.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/101444
dc.language.isoen
dc.titleSeismic performance of a 9-storey pre-1970's reinforced concrete wall building in Wellingtonen
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