Performance based study on the seismic safety of buildings

In the scope of this study, information has been provided on the Static Pushover Analysis which is a nonlinear deformation controlled analysis method and the Capacity Spectrum Method used to determine the performance point. In this study, static pushover analysis was made on a six-storey building with reinforcement concrete frame system by changing the materials, steel rebars and soil characteristics. The building’s capacity curves were drawn and decided according to different concrete and reinforcement groups. Furthermore the performance points of different classes of concrete were studied according to three seismic effect levels. In the case of a decrease in the reinforcement strength, a decrease of approximately 30% occurs in the base shear force. If the concrete strength is increased, an increase of 11% occurred in the base shear force. Consequently, in the comparisons made with five different concrete groups and two different reinforcement groups, rather than the increase in the strength of the concrete, an increase in the reinforcement strength was observed to be more effective on the structural capacity. Furthermore, local soil classifications were observed to be the most significant point regarding peak displacement

Effect of basalt, polypropylene and macro-synthetic fibres on workability and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete

In this study, the effects of different fibre types on the workability and mechanical properties of self-compacting concrete were investigated. Fresh and hardened properties of self-compacting concrete, different fibre content 0.90, 1.35 and 1.80 kg/m3 were evaluated using basalt, polypropylene and macro synthetic fibres with different fibre lengths of 24, 19 and 40 mm, respectively. The properties of fresh concrete were evaluated in terms of slump flowing, viscosity and flowability. In addition, compressive, flexural and splitting tensile strength were obtained from hardened concrete properties. To characterize mechanical properties 90 specimens were experimentally tested. The results show that the use of fibre reduces the workability of self-compacting concrete. On the other hand, tensile and flexural strength of the self-compacting fibre reinforced concrete increased with increasing fibre content, but it was determined that the fibre addition had no significant effect on the compressive strength