Seismic Performance of Reinforced Concrete Buildings Designed by Current Seismic Code in Metropolitan Area

Abstract

This paper conducted earthquake response analysis of reinforced concrete buildings designed by Lateral Load Carrying Capacity provided by current code considering the precise site amplification effect. The total number of site was 118 in Metropolitan area. The paper also discussed the seismic performance of buildings systematically from the viewpoint of site class, structural characteristic factor, height of buildings, etc… based on the analytical results. Finally, the paper concluded that the seismic performance of the buildings greatly differ for each site, and presented the map which showed the ratio of the response drift angle to the limit drift angle for each site.