Correlation between seismic acceleration parameters and overall structural damage indices of buildings

✍ Scribed by A Elenas

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 137 KB
• Volume: 20
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0267-7261
• DOI: 10.1016/s0267-7261(00)00041-5

✦ Synopsis

This article describes the interdependency between several seismic acceleration parameters and the behavior of the reinforced concrete frame structures in the form of correlation coef®cients. The structural behavior is expressed in form of overall structural damage indices. After the numerical evaluation of several seismic parameters, a nonlinear dynamic analysis is carried out to provide the total damage status of a structure. The aim is to select those, which have drastic in¯uence on structural damage. Furthermore, the design philosophy of aseismic codes can be veri®ed. The attention is focussed on the earthquake acceleration time histories of the worldwide well-known sites with a strong seismic activity.