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Configuration Requirements and Effect of Irregularity in Structure

This document discusses configuration requirements and the effect of irregularity in structures during earthquakes. It defines regular and irregular structures according to building code standards. A regular structure has a uniform distribution of mass, stiffness, and strength in each direction, while an irregular structure does not. Irregularities are classified as either vertical or horizontal/plan irregularities. The type and extent of irregularity affects the type of earthquake analysis allowed. Other desirable seismic-resistant properties include regularity, continuous load paths, short load paths, redundancy of load paths, and strong connections.

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Configuration Requirements and Effect of Irregularity in Structure

This document discusses configuration requirements and the effect of irregularity in structures during earthquakes. It defines regular and irregular structures according to building code standards. A regular structure has a uniform distribution of mass, stiffness, and strength in each direction, while an irregular structure does not. Irregularities are classified as either vertical or horizontal/plan irregularities. The type and extent of irregularity affects the type of earthquake analysis allowed. Other desirable seismic-resistant properties include regularity, continuous load paths, short load paths, redundancy of load paths, and strong connections.

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CONFIGURATION REQUIREMENTS

AND EFFECT OF IRREGULARITY


IN STRUCTURE
Earthquake Engineering
Lesson 2

Arleen Sacdalan-Pablo. ASEP March 19, 2020


Civil Structural Engineer
ASEP#2002-00061
Configuration Requirements (per NSCP
2015 Vol.1, 7th Edition)
Regular Structure (per NSCP 2015 Vol.1, 7th
Edition)
Typical Responses of Earthquake to
Approximately Regular Building
Typical Responses of Earthquake to
Approximately Regular Building
Typical Responses of Earthquake to
Approximately Regular Building
Typical Responses of Earthquake to
Approximately Regular Building
 The building is typically modeled as a SPACE FRAME, therefore to analyze
the building, the inertia and torsion forces are converted to pint loads on the
frame.
Typical Responses of Earthquake to
Approximately Regular Building
 A regular structure is one whose distribution of
mass, stiffness and strength are uniform in each
direction of the structure. A significant difference in
any of these properties results in a significant
change in the distribution of the applied load on the
structure, and the magnitude of the resultant of the
force as well.
Irregular Structure (per NSCP 2015 Vol.1,
7th Edition)
Classification of Irregularity

 1) Vertical Irregularity (NSCP 2015, Vol.1 Table 208-9


 2) Horizontal or Plan Irregularity (NSCP 2015, Vol.1
Table 208-10)

 Each type of irregularity is allowed only under certain


conditions. The type and extent of the irregularity also affect
the type of earthquake load analysis that is allowed for the
structure.
Vertical Irregularity
Horizontal or Plan Irregularity
Other Desirable Properties of Earthquake Resistant Structural
Systems which Promotes High Ductility and Overall Favorable
Seismic Response
 Regularity- little changes in stiffness, mass, and strength from floor to floor, and in the
two dimensions in plan as well,
 Continuous load path – the absence of gaps between members so that the force is
effectively transferred from each member to each successive member or members on
its way from the diaphragms to the foundation,
 Short load paths – small (if any) offsets of beams, columns and walls,
 Multiple load paths (I.e. redundancy)- the presence of several routes that the force
can take on its way from the diaphragms to the foundation; in this way if a member is
stressed to its capacity, the other members can be relied strong
 Strong connections – to ensure that the load path is not broken by excessive
deformation or rupture of a connection.
Continuation on March 24, 2020

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