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Simplified Procedure for Estimating Modified Response Modification Factor of a Complex High-Rise Building

 Simplified Procedure for Estimating Modified Response Modification Factor of a Complex High-Rise Building
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Presented at IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018, published in , pp. S30-33
DOI: 10.2749/nantes.2018.s30-33
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Response modification factors (R-Factor) are used to modify the elastic seismic response obtained from the linear elastic analysis to account for the effect of allowed damage. Recent studies show t...
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Author(s): (Capital University of Science and technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)
(Capital University of Science and technology, Islamabad, Pakistan)
Medium: conference paper
Language(s): English
Conference: IABSE Symposium: Tomorrow’s Megastructures, Nantes, France, 19-21 September 2018
Published in:
Page(s): S30-33 Total no. of pages: 7
Page(s): S30-33
Total no. of pages: 7
DOI: 10.2749/nantes.2018.s30-33
Abstract:

Response modification factors (R-Factor) are used to modify the elastic seismic response obtained from the linear elastic analysis to account for the effect of allowed damage. Recent studies show that UBC-97 code-based response modification factors are not valid for high-rise buildings. Where wind governs the design, their validity comes in question further. In this study, an actual 40- storied tall RC building located in Bangkok, Thailand is investigated in detail to determine the actual R-factor in each and every significant mode located in low to moderate seismic risk area with mean hourly wind gust of 90 MPH and exposure type-B. The code based designed building is analyzed using elastic displacement-based pushover analysis procedure in each and every mode to determine the modified R- factor. It is found that actual R-factor is in the order of only 1 to 1.25 in all significant modes.

Keywords:
seismic design pushover analysis code based response modification factor elastic displacement building frame system