Seismic Analysis of Rcc Building with Shear Wall at Different Locations Using Staad Pro

Abstract

Shear wall systems are one of the most commonly used lateral load resisting systems in buildings. Shear walls are one of the most efficient lateral force resisting elements in buildings. In the seismic design of buildings, reinforced concrete structural walls, or shear walls, act as major earthquake resisting members. Shear walls have very high in plane stiffness and strength, which can be used to simultaneously resist large horizontal loads and support gravity loads, making them quite advantageous in many structural engineering applications. They are mainly flexural members and usually provided in buildings to avoid the total collapse of the buildings under seismic forces. The properties of these seismic shear walls dominate the response of the buildings, and therefore, it is important to evaluate the seismic response of the walls appropriately.

In this study a 8 storey building is taken under consideration. Four different Model of RCC building are used, one with no shear wall and other two models with different position of shear wall. Results will be obtained from analysis and plotted to compare and to have knowledge of behavior of RCC framed structures with shear walls is subjected to earthquake load in zone V. The parameters like storey drift, lateral displacement, and base shear will be studied and suitable location of shear wall will be determined among these models. This study also incorporates how the shear force, bending moment for beam and axial Force for column vary with change in the position of RC shear wall. The whole analysis is done on STAAD. Pro V8i software.