Impact of Natural Period and Epicentral Distance on Storey Lateral Displacements

The goal of the paper is to highlight the effect of the building design and epicentral distance on the storey lateral displacements, for several reinforced concrete buildings (6, 9 and 12 stories). These structures are subjected to seismic accelerations from the Boumerdes earthquake (Algeria, May 21st, Mw = 6.8). Using the response spectrum method (modal spectral approach), the analysis is performed in both longitudinal and transverse directions. The building design is expressed through the fundamental period and epicentral distance is used to represent the earthquake effect variation on storey lateral displacements and interstory drift for the considered buildings.

Authors:

• S. Dorbani
• M. Badaoui
• D. Benouar

Keywords:

• Epicentral distance
• interstory drift
• lateral displacement
• natural period
• reinforced concrete buildings.

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