TY - JOUR TT - Approach to Subject of Turkish Earthquake Code and the Wall Effect in the Formation Soft Storey AU - Tezcan, Tekin AU - Başaran, Hakan AU - Demir, Ali AU - Bağcı, Muhiddin PY - 2016 DA - June JF - Yapı Teknolojileri Elektronik Dergisi JO - yted PB - Sedat ÇETİN WT - DergiPark SN - 1305-631X SP - 29 EP - 38 VL - 9 IS - 1 KW - Yumuşak kat KW - TDY-2007 KW - Sap2000. N2 - The idea that may occur soft storey irregularity is quite common among civil engineers, if the ground height is more than the other floors in the building. The formation of a soft storey is found due to many different reasons such as structural changes between floors in buildings or between floors the use of different flooring system. However, one of the most common causes of the formation of a soft storey in reinforced concrete structures, It is usually avoidance weave of the wall with the aim of creating large areas as much as possible and provide income-generating commercial areas on the ground level shops, restaurants, car dealerships, banks and so on. Even if buildings in this case are designed in accordance with the Turkish Earthquake Code (TEC-2007), they have suffered from severe damage, and even destroyed in earthquakes due to soft storey irregularity. It is illustrated with an example given that they cannot determine the soft storey irregularity of a building. Suggestions are given for soft storey criteria proposed of TEC-2007 on the subject. UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/yted/issue//238450 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/206838 ER -