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- Title
Seismic force demand on ductile reinforced concrete shear walls subjected to western North American ground motions: Part 1 - parametric study.
- Authors
Boivin, Yannick; Paultre, Patrick
- Abstract
A parametric study of regular ductile reinforced concrete (RC) cantilever walls designed with the 2010 National building code of Canada and the 2004 Canadian Standards Association (CSA) standard A23.3 for Vancouver is performed to investigate the influence of the following parameters on the higher mode amplification effects, and hence on the seismic force demand: number of storeys, fundamental lateral period ( T), site class, wall aspect ratio, wall cross-section, and wall base flexural overstrength ( γw). The study is based on inelastic time-history analyses performed with a multilayer beam model and a smeared membrane model accounting for inelastic shear-flexure-axial interaction. The main conclusions are that ( i) T and γw are the studied parameters affecting the most dynamic shear amplification and seismic force demand, ( ii) the 2004 CSA standard A23.3 capacity design methods are inadequate, and ( iii) a single plastic hinge design may be inadequate and unsafe for regular ductile RC walls with γw < 2.0.
- Subjects
REINFORCED concrete; CONCRETE; WALL design &; construction; BUILDING material standards; BUILDING material testing; BUILDING materials research; EARTHQUAKE damage; BUILDINGS; STANDARDS
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, 2012, Vol 39, Issue 7, p723
- ISSN
0315-1468
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1139/l2012-043