Develop Database on Code Compliant & Non-Compliant RC Structures

Abstract

With every passing year, our buildings are getting older and we should know which buildings no longer can withstand the seismic activities so are in a need of our attention and which are safe to use. To know this, we can do a detailed structural analysis on each building but it will require a lot of time and resources per building. So, there should be a way of eliminating some fraction of buildings which are safe and highlight some fraction of buildings which are need of detailed structural analysis so that a lot of time and valuable resources do not go into waste. In other countries there is an empirical technique of RAPID VISUAL SCREENING in practice. By performing this technique on a region’s buildings, they are being able to develop a database which helps them in identifying the buildings which are in a need of detailed analysis. This technique saves a lot of time and valuable resources. We have also performed the same technique on the 225 commercial buildings of G-sectors and have developed a database on code compliant and non-compliant RC structures. This report will help in eliminating the buildings which are safe and do not need the detailed analysis and vice versa. This report will also help in making of 3 representative building models of these 225 buildings and 3 representative building models for each G sector, which can act as input data for analytical analysis.