Assessment of response reduction factor of RC buildings in Kathmandu Valley usi...

• Author(s): Chaulagain, Hemchandra
• Date: 2010
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10773/12681
• Origin: RIA - Repositório Institucional da Universidade de Aveiro
• Subject(s): RC buildings; Pushover analysis; Ductility reduction factor; Overstrength; Response reduction factor
• Document Type: Master Thesis
• Language: English

Description

This study addresses the issue of response reduction factor which is used in modern codes to scale down the elastic response of the structure. The level of ductility and overstrength of RC buildings in Kathmandu valley are investigated. The ductility and overstrength factors are estimated by analyzing the buildings using non-linear pushover analysis for 12 engineered designed RC buildings of various characteristics representing a wide range of RC buildings in Kathmandu valley. Finally, the response reduction factor of RC building in Kathmandu valley is evaluated by using the relation of ductility and overstrength factor. Master of Engineering in Earthquake