Comparative Earthquake Resistant Design Study of Thin Rectangular 20 Storey Structure in Zone 1 and Zone 3 Using ETABS (original) (raw)

An earthquake occurs in the form of seismic waves due to sudden release of energy and results in ground shaking. During earthquake, seismic waves propagate through the soil which results in structural damage due to movements within the earth's crust. It impacts the behavior of interaction of components like building, foundation, underlying soils and also overall system behavior. When earthquake occurs, the behavior of a building depends on distribution of mass, strength and stiffness. Generally, the buildings are subjected to various types of forces throughout their existence. The forces can be static forces due to dead and live loads and dynamic forces due to earthquake. In this study, the analysis is carried out for seismic response of 20 Storey Commercial office building for Zone-I and Zone-III regions through response spectrum method in ETABS. The design details such as reinforcement area for beams, columns and shear walls and resultant parameters like storey displacement, storey drift, storey shear, base shear, PMM Interaction curves, D/C ratios are observed for specified zones.