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Civil Earthquake Resistent Building Construction

This document summarizes techniques for earthquake resistant building construction. It discusses how earthquake design differs from typical design by accounting for unpredictable seismic forces. It also outlines various seismic design philosophies and techniques like using reinforced hollow concrete blocks, mid-level isolation systems, and traditional earthquake-resistant housing styles. The document concludes by stressing the need for improved awareness of earthquake mitigation and enforcing code provisions for seismic-resistant construction.

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Civil Earthquake Resistent Building Construction

This document summarizes techniques for earthquake resistant building construction. It discusses how earthquake design differs from typical design by accounting for unpredictable seismic forces. It also outlines various seismic design philosophies and techniques like using reinforced hollow concrete blocks, mid-level isolation systems, and traditional earthquake-resistant housing styles. The document concludes by stressing the need for improved awareness of earthquake mitigation and enforcing code provisions for seismic-resistant construction.

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Seminar

On
Earthquake Resistant Building
Construction

Submitted To: Submitted By:


www.civilengineeringtopics.com www.civilengineeringtopics.com
CONTENTS
 INTRODUCTION
 HOW EARTHQUAKE RESISTENT BUILDING IS DIFERENT?
 EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE ON REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
 SEISMIC DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
 REMEDIAL MEASURES TO MINIMISE THE LOSSES DUE TO
EARTHQUAKES
 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING CONSTRUCTION WITH
 REINFORCED HOLLOW CONCRETE BLOCK (RHCBM)
 MID-LEVEL ISOLATION
 EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE USING SLURRY INFILTRATED
MAT CONCRETE (SIMCON)
 TRADITIONAL EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT HOUSING
 CONCLUSIONS
 REFERENCES
INTRODUCTION

 An earthquake is the vibration, sometimes


violent to the earth’s surface that follows a
release of energy in the earth’s crust.
 This energy can be generated by a sudden
dislocation of segments of the crust, by a
volcanic eruption or even by a manmade
explosion.
 The dislocation of the crust causes most
destructive earthquakes.
HOW EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT
CONSTRUCTION IS
DIFFERENT?
 Since the magnitude of a future earthquake and
shaking intensity expected at a particular site
cannot be estimated with a reasonable accuracy,
the seismic forces are difficult to quantify for
the purposes of design.
 Further, the actual forces that can be generated
in the structure during an earthquake are very
large and designing the structure to respond
elastically against these forces make it too
expensive.
EFFECT OF EARTHQUAKE ON
REINFORCED
CONCRETE BUILDINGS
 In recent times, reinforced concrete buildings have
become common in India.
 A typical RC building is made of horizontal members
(beams and slabs) and vertical members (columns and
walls) and supported by foundations that rest on the
ground.
 The system consisting of RC columns and connecting
beams is called a RC frame.
SEISMIC DESIGN PHILOSOPHY

 Severity of ground shaking at a given location


during earthquake can be minor, moderate and
strong.
 Relatively speaking, minor shaking occurs
frequently; moderate shaking occasionally and
strong shaking rarely.

 Earthquake resistant building:


 Earthquake design philosophy:
REMEDIAL MEASURES TO MINIMISE
THE LOSSES DUE TO EARTHQUAKES
 Building planning
 Foundation
 Provision of band
 Arches and domes
 Staircases
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT BUILDING
CONSTRUCTION WITH REINFORCED HOLLOW
CONCRETE BLOCK (RHCBM)
 Reinforced hollow concrete blocks are designed
both as load-bearing walls for gravity loads and
also as shear walls for lateral seismic loads, to
safely withstand the earthquakes.
 This structural system of construction is known
as shear wall-diaphragm concept, which gives
three-dimensional structural integrity for the
buildings.
MID-LEVEL ISOLATION

 This includes mid-level isolation system


installed while the buildings are still being used.
 This new method entails improving and
classifying the columns on intermediate floors
of an existing building into flexible columns
that incorporate rubber bearings (base isolation
systems) and rigid columns which have been
wrapped in steel plates to add to their
toughness.
EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE USING
SLURRY INFILTRATED MAT CONCRETE
(SIMCON)

 Following the devastating earthquakes in


Turkey this summer that killed as many as
20,000 people and injured another 27,000,
images of survivors trapped beneath the rubble
of collapsed buildings appeared daily in news
reports worldwide.
 Now a North Carolina State University
engineer is developing a new type of concrete to
help prevent such scenes from happening again.
TRADITIONAL EARTHQUAKE REISTANT
HOUSING

 The Pherols of Uttarkashi


 The Dhajji-Diwari buildings of Kashmir
 The Kat-Ki- Kunni Buildings of Kulu
Valley
 Quincha earthquake resistant buildings
CONCLUSIONS

 There is a lack of awareness in the earthquake


disaster mitigations. Avoiding non-engineered
structures with unskilled labour even in
unimportant temporary constructions can help a
great way.
 Statewide awareness programmes have to be
conducted by fully exploiting the advancement
in the information technology.
 Urgent steps are required to be taken to make
the codal provisions regarding earthquake
resistant construction undebatable.
REFERENCES

 www.google.com
 www.wikipedia.com
 www. https://civilengineertopicss.blogspot.com/.com
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