Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures
A general evaluation of some points of the South American seismic codes is presented herein, comparing them among themselves and with the American Standard ASCE/SEI 7/10 and with the European Standard Eurocode 8. The study is focused in design criteria for buildings. The Western border of South Amer...
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| description | A general evaluation of some points of the South American seismic codes is presented herein, comparing them among themselves and with the American Standard ASCE/SEI 7/10 and with the European Standard Eurocode 8. The study is focused in design criteria for buildings. The Western border of South America is one of the most seismically active regions of the World. It corresponds to the confluence of the South American and Nazca plates. This region corresponds roughly to the vicinity of the Andes Mountains. This seismicity diminishes in the direction of the comparatively seismically quieter Eastern South American areas. The South American countries located in its Western Border possess standards for seismic design since some decades ago, being the Brazilian Standard for seismic design only recently published. This study is focused in some critical topics: definition of the recurrence periods for establishing the seismic input; definition of the seismic zonation and design ground motion values; definition of the shape of the design response spectra; consideration of soil amplification, soil liquefaction and soil-structure interaction; classification of the structures in different importance levels; definition of the seismic force-resisting systems and respective response modification coefficients; consideration of structural irregularities and definition of the allowable procedures for the seismic analyses. A simple building structure is analyzed considering the criteria of the several standards and obtained results are compared. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2b0adface6d14382bdbb53ef0d67f4772022-12-22T02:47:44ZengInstituto Brasileiro do Concreto (IBRACON)Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais1983-41955681281910.1590/S1983-41952012000600006S1983-41952012000600006Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structuresS. H. C. Santos0S. S. Lima1A. Arai2Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroA general evaluation of some points of the South American seismic codes is presented herein, comparing them among themselves and with the American Standard ASCE/SEI 7/10 and with the European Standard Eurocode 8. The study is focused in design criteria for buildings. The Western border of South America is one of the most seismically active regions of the World. It corresponds to the confluence of the South American and Nazca plates. This region corresponds roughly to the vicinity of the Andes Mountains. This seismicity diminishes in the direction of the comparatively seismically quieter Eastern South American areas. The South American countries located in its Western Border possess standards for seismic design since some decades ago, being the Brazilian Standard for seismic design only recently published. This study is focused in some critical topics: definition of the recurrence periods for establishing the seismic input; definition of the seismic zonation and design ground motion values; definition of the shape of the design response spectra; consideration of soil amplification, soil liquefaction and soil-structure interaction; classification of the structures in different importance levels; definition of the seismic force-resisting systems and respective response modification coefficients; consideration of structural irregularities and definition of the allowable procedures for the seismic analyses. A simple building structure is analyzed considering the criteria of the several standards and obtained results are compared.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1983-41952012000600006&lng=en&tlng=enseismic analysisseismic standardscomparative analysis |
| spellingShingle | S. H. C. Santos S. S. Lima A. Arai Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais seismic analysis seismic standards comparative analysis |
| title | Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| title_full | Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| title_fullStr | Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| title_short | Comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| title_sort | comparative study of codes for the seismic design of structures |
| topic | seismic analysis seismic standards comparative analysis |
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