<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This paper presents a comparative evaluation among some international, European and American, seismic design standards. The study considers the criteria for the analysis of conventional (residential and commercial) buildings. The study is focused on some critical topics: definition of the recurrence periods for establishing the seismic input; definition of the seismic zonation and shape of the design response spectra; consideration of local soil conditions; definition of the seismic force-resisting systems and respective response modification coefficients; definition of the allowable procedures for the seismic analysis. A model for a standard reinforced concrete building (“Model Building”) has been developed to permit the comparison among codes. This building has been modelled with two different computer programs, SAP2000 and SOFiSTiK and subjected to seismic input according to the several seismic codes. The obtained results compared are leading to some important conclusions.</p></abstract>

This paper presents a comparative evaluation among some international, European and American, seismic design standards. The study considers the criteria for the analysis of conventional (residential and commercial) buildings. The study is focused on some critical topics: definition of the recurrence periods for establishing the seismic input; definition of the seismic zonation and shape of the design response spectra; consideration of local soil conditions; definition of the seismic force-resisting systems and respective response modification coefficients; definition of the allowable procedures for the seismic analysis. A model for a standard reinforced concrete building (“Model Building”) has been developed to permit the comparison among codes. This building has been modelled with two different computer programs, SAP2000 and SOFiSTiK and subjected to seismic input according to the several seismic codes. The obtained results compared are leading to some important conclusions.

Comparative Study of Codes for Seismic Design of Structures

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Rua Rainha Guilhermina 74/801, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Technical University of Civil Engineering, Bucharest, Romania

Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Ana Arai - Graduated Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Modelling in Civil Environmental Engineering

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This paper presents a comparative evaluation among some international, European and American, seismic design standards. The study considers the criteria for...

Comparative Study of Codes for Seismic Design of Structures

Published Online: Apr 12, 2013

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mmce-2013-0001

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