This document summarizes a study that analyzed the effect of soil-structure interaction on buildings with stiffness irregularities under seismic loads. Finite element models of regular and irregular 11-story buildings founded on hard, medium, and soft soils were created in SAP 2000 software. Response spectrum analysis was performed to compare the time period, base shear, roof displacement, and story drift between regular and irregular buildings. The results showed that for irregular buildings, the time period, displacement, and drift increased while base shear decreased compared to regular buildings. Additionally, the effects were more significant for softer soil conditions. In conclusion, soil flexibility leads to increased seismic response demands for buildings with stiffness irregularities.
This document presents a study on the seismic analysis of asymmetric multi-storied frame-shear wall buildings considering soil-structure interaction. The study models and analyzes 30-story buildings with C, T, and L shaped plans both with and without soil flexibility to understand the effects of soil-structure interaction. The models are analyzed in ETABS using the response spectrum method and Winkler soil springs. Key results found that lateral displacements, drifts, and base shear are higher for buildings considering soil flexibility compared to fixed base structures. Additionally, the addition of shear walls and changing their positions was found to reduce displacements and drifts. The maximum displacements occurred in L shaped plans on soft soil, which decreased with stiffer
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The increasing infrastructural growth incurs large investments and large section of society being served by them, it is necessary to make them safer against earthquakes and let people feel confident in their structures. The need for structural response control has gained pace in application around the globe. This paper discusses the use and effectiveness of one such device, friction dampers, for response control of structures. In this paper a non-linear time history analysis has been carried out on a 3D model of a 12 story RCC MRF building using 3- directional synthetic accelerogram. Two different cases of building models with and without friction dampers have been analyzed using ETABS. The response of the structure to seismic excitation in terms of absolute maximum displacement and story drift has been compared. Time history response plots have also been compared for various responses viz. roof displacement and acceleration, base shear and story shear forces, along with the various energy components and damping behavior. The results of the time history analysis are in close conformation with previous investigations and represent the effectiveness of dampers in improving the structural response as well as damping demand on structural systems.