Abstract: There are several alternatives to the traditional stirrups in reinforced concrete beams. This study focuses on providing other options other than the stirrups. Due to the unsafe mode of shear failure in reinforced concrete beams, designers may find themselves reluctant to use higher factor of safety. Shear failure in reinforced concrete beams is one of the most undesirable modes of failure due to its rapid progression. This sudden type of failure made it necessary to explore more effective ways to design these beams for shear. The cost and safety of shear reinforcement in reinforced concrete beams led to the study of other alternatives. In this study five different shear reinforcements are used to study the effect of each type of shear reinforcement on the shear performance of reinforced concrete beams. Five types of beams were prepared, each with different type of shear reinforcements. The five different types of shear reinforcement are; standard stirrups and the sample is considered

• Publication Date: 27-Sep-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-070-5-45
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Abstract: Nonstructural elements of a building are usually not contributing elements in the resisting system. Accordingly, they are not given the proper attention in the structural design process. However, non-structural elements attract seismic forces and thus are subjected to damage and failure during seismic events resulting in psychological and economic implications in some critical and lifelines structures. This paper reviews and evaluates the seismic design force recommended by different international design codes. It aims at evaluating seismic safety of non-structural elements and its governing factors. Response spectrum and time history are used to simulate seismic ground motion excitation. Building is modeled as a 3D finite element model using ETABS program. The building response behavior is considered linear elastic. A parametric study is carried out considering multi-story buildings with different heights. The considered parameters include: building height, ground motion excitation va

• Publication Date: 27-Sep-2015
• DOI: 10.15224/978-1-63248-070-5-46
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