PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS IN CANADA 加拿大钢筋混凝土框架结构地震易损性概率评估.pdfVIP

th The 14 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China PROBABILISTIC ASSESSMENT OF THE SEISMIC VULNERABILITY OF REINFORCED CONCRETE FRAME BUILDINGS IN CANADA 1 2 3 4 L. Lin , N. Naumoski , S. Foo and M. Saatcioglu 1 Graduate research assistant, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Email: llin089@ 2 Adjunct professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada E-mail: Nove.Naumoski@pwgsc.gc.ca 3 Risk specialist, Public Works and Government Services Canada, Gatineau, Quebec, Canada Email: Simon.Foo@pwgsc.gc.ca 4 Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada Email: Murat.Saatcioglu@uottawa.ca ABSTRACT: This paper describes results from a study on the seismic vulnerability of three reinforced concrete frame buildings designed for Vancouver, Canada. The buildings included a 4-storey, a 10-storey, and a 16-storey building, that can be considered typical of low, intermediate, and high rise buildings respectively. The buildings were designed in accordance with the National Building Code of Canada. The seismic excitations used in the analyses were represented by a set of 80 ground motion records. The response parameter considered in this study is the maximum interstorey drift obtained from nonlinear dynamic analysis of the frames. The intensity of the seismic excitations is represent