‘EFFECT OF IRREGULARITIES IN R.C. FRAMED STRUCTURE UNDER SEISMIC CONDITION’

Abstract

This study summarizes state-of-the-art knowledge in the seismic response of vertical and plan irregularity of building frames. There is an urgent need to assess the seismic vulnerability of buildings in urban areas of India as an essential component of a comprehensive earthquake disaster risk management policy. Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of the Building stock is an important activity. Rapid Visual Assessment Method is generally used for the Assessment of Seismic Vulnerability as a first step to have an idea of the requirement of the application of more detailed methods. Detailed seismic vulnerability evaluation is a technically complex and expensive procedure and can only be performed on a limited number of buildings. It is therefore very important to use simpler procedures that can help to rapidly evaluate the vulnerability profile of different types of buildings, so that the more complex evaluation procedures can be limited to the most critical buildings. Though exi...