Research Article

Numerical Investigation of a Reinforced Concrete Structure Rehabilitated by New Reinforced Concrete Layers

Volume: 7 Number: 3 December 31, 2021
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Numerical Investigation of a Reinforced Concrete Structure Rehabilitated by New Reinforced Concrete Layers

Abstract

In this study, strengthening methods of the structures mentioned in the literature were examined in general sense and an existing reinforced concrete building that has been damaged from its columns and beams in previous earthquakes during service life was investigated numerically by determining the damage status. Then, strengthening was applied by adding a new reinforced concrete layer to all columns and damaged beams followed by placing additional reinforced concrete shear walls to the structural layout. Finally, finite element analysis of the rehabilitated building was carried out and the numerical results were compared with the initial state. At the stage of damage assessment, it has been determined that the load-bearing capacities of almost all reinforced concrete beams with flexural-shear cracks and reinforced concrete columns were insufficient according to Turkey Building Earthquake Code-2018 (TEC-2018). Once the strengthening was applied, the new interaction diagrams of the columns and the moment-curvature relations of the beams were compared with the unstrengthened state. It was determined that there was an increase of 300% in the axial load-carrying capacity and 666% in the moment-carrying capacity of the columns, and 485% in the moment carrying capacity of the beams. In addition, the values of horizontal and vertical earthquake accelerations affecting the structure increased by 294% and 400%, respectively, due to the decrease in the periods of the first three modes of the building. Numerical studies were carried out with SAP2000 finite element program. In the numerical study, adding a new reinforced concrete layer to the reinforced concrete columns and beams was implemented using the SAP2000-Section Designer which has quite limited usage in the literature. According to the results obtained, it has been numerically revealed that the seismic performance of the damaged structure can be improved by adding new reinforced concrete layers to the existing columns and beams and placing reinforced concrete shear walls to the building.

Keywords

Strengthening , Reinforced concrete structure , Numerical investigation

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[1]Ö. Mercimek, “Numerical Investigation of a Reinforced Concrete Structure Rehabilitated by New Reinforced Concrete Layers”, GJES, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 286–297, Dec. 2021, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA36AJ92WK