S - 27 - Seismic Design Provisions - Part 3
S - 27 - Seismic Design Provisions - Part 3
S - 27 - Seismic Design Provisions - Part 3
OF BNBC 2020 –
CONFIGURATION AND
STRUCTURAL IRREGULARITY
Date: 08 February 2022
Dr. S. K. Ghosh
President, S. K. Ghosh Associates LLC
S-8A SEng PRP
Training Program
BUILDING CONFIGURATION
Magnitude 7.1
Loma Prieta, CA
October 17, 1989
Three and four story wood frame, brick veneer buildings in
the Marina District of San Francisco sustained damage as a
consequence of the ground shaking (10%g at rock sites, 20
to 30%g on sites underlain by bay mud) and liquefaction.
The soft first story made the buildings more vulnerable.
Buildings at corners of blocks sustained heavier damage
than those within the block.
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Earthquake Experience
Magnitude 6.5
San Fernando, CA
February 9, 1971
Magnitude 8.0
Mexico City
Sept. 19, 1985
Triangular structures(“flat iron”
buildings) created because the
streets are not at right angles
with each other are even more
vulnerable than square
buildings at corners of blocks.
These buildings have only one Photo Credit: EERI Earthquake Damage Slide Set
solid and two glass walls. Note
the torsional distress.
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Reasons for Poor Seismic Performance
of Irregular Structures
In a regular structure, inelastic demands produced
by strong ground shaking tend to be well distributed
throughout the structure, resulting in a dispersion of
energy dissipation and damage.
In irregular structures, inelastic behavior can
concentrate in the zone of irregularity, resulting in
rapid failure of structural elements in these areas.
1a. Torsional
1b. Extreme torsional (2000 IBC)
2. Reentrant corner
3. Diaphragm discontinuity
4. Out-of-plane offset
5. Nonparallel system
1a. Torsional
1b. Extreme torsional
2. Reentrant corner
3. Diaphragm discontinuity
4. Out-of-plane offset
Whittier Earthquake
Oct 1, 1987
5. Nonparallel system Magnitude 5.1
davg
dmax
1a. Torsional
1b. Extreme torsional
2. Reentrant corner
3. Diaphragm discontinuity
4. Out-of-plane offset
5. Nonparallel system
Feb. 23, 2010 Chile Earthquake O’Higgins Building (23 stories), Conception
RE-ENTRANT CORNER EXISTS WHEN PROJECTION b > 0.15a, AND PROJECTION d > 0.15c
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Horizontal Irregularity 2:
Reentrant Corner Irregularity
12.5.2 SDC B.
The design seismic forces are permitted to be
applied independently in each of two orthogonal
directions and orthogonal interaction effects are
permitted to be neglected.
12.5.3 SDC C.
Structures that have horizontal structural
irregularity Type 5 of Table 12.3-1, shall use one
of the following procedures.
12.5.3 SDC C.
a. Orthogonal Combination Procedure.
ELF, modal response spectrum, or linear
response history analysis, with loading applied
independently in any two orthogonal
directions…
100% + 30%
4 2
1
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Horizontal Irregularity 5:
Nonparallel System Irregularity
y y
Vx3 Vy3
Vx1 Vy1
Case 1 Case 2
Design in-plane shear in shear walls considering orthogonal
effects is the maximum from Case 1 and Case 2
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12.5 Direction of Loading
12.5.3 SDC C.
b. Simultaneous Application of Orthogonal Ground
Motion.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
26-m
7.9 0 7.9-0
26 m 26-m
7.9 0 26-m
7.9 0 26-m
7.9 0 26-m0
7.9 7.9-m
26 0
6.7 m
22−
B N
22−
6.7 m
22−
6.7 m
11
10
11@
[email protected] m
12-0 7
=40.7 m
=132-0
6
1
16-0
4.9 m
12 1223 89 490 11
11 1192 87 479 19
10 1041 84 460 27
9 899 79 433 33
8 761 73 400 39
7 632 66 361 43
6 507 58 318 48
5 396 49 270 50
4 289 40 220 52
3 196 30 168 54
2 116 21 114 54
1 53 11 60 60
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Vertical Structural Irregularity
E-W Direction:
𝛿𝑒1 11
= = 0.00224
ℎ1 4.9 × 1000
𝛿𝑒2 − 𝛿𝑒1 21 − 11
1.3 = 1.3 = 0.00352 > 0.00224
ℎ2 3.7 × 1000
di+1
Irregularity exists if the dimension of
the lateral force resisting system at
di any story is more than 130% of that
for any adjacent story
di-1
Source: FEMA
Source: FEMA
“WEAK STORY” LATERAL STRENGTH < 80% LATERAL STRENGTH ABOVE STORY
LATERAL STRENGTH = TOTAL STRENGTH OF SEISMIC FORCE-RESISTING ELEMENTS
Source: FEMA
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Questions?
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