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A special issue of Buildings (ISSN 2075-5309). This special issue belongs to the section "Building Structures".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 June 2023 | Viewed by 4609

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Dr. Rafael Shehu

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Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (DICA), Politecnico Di Milano, 20133 Milan, Italy
Interests: masonry materials; concrete materials; composite materials; strengthening materials; masonry structures; reinforced concrete; composite structures; steel structures; structural design; structural analysis
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Dr. Nicola Tarque

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1. Department of Continuum Mechanics and Structures, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
2. Civil Engineering Division, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 15088 San Miguel, Peru
Interests: seismic; earth buildings; building codes; earthquake; construction; rehabilitation; pathology; numerical modelling; heritage; seismic vulnerability

Dr. Manuel Buitrago

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Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología del Hormigón, Universitat Politècnica de València, 46022 València, Spain
Interests: structural analysis; finite element analysis; finite element modeling; construction engineering; stress analysis; structural dynamics; concrete technologies; civil engineering technology

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Dear Colleagues,

The prospect of buildings' seismic performance remains the biggest concern of engineers and researchers in seismic-prone countries. The last earthquakes, considering their damages and losses, despite their magnitude, have shown the flaws of the current or past vision for safer buildings. On the other side, there are plenty of examples to be highlighted, showing the advancement of expertise, knowledge, and know-how around adverse seismic hazards. It is the common opinion that continuous investigation of present structures, construction technique flaws, and the advantages of innovative perspectives will lead to a more secure built stock. In this context, any original contributions of research, case studies, or reviews are welcomed. Both existing and new structures present the same relevance for the coming decades. As a matter of fact, the current challenges which could be of interest cover a vast area of research activity. However, this issue is not limited to very narrow aspects. The current Special Issue, “Advanced Research and Prospect of Buildings Seismic Performance,” aims to gather contributions on:

Experimental setups of seismic performance of constructions;
Monitoring of seismic performance, new technologies toward awareness, and prevention measures;
Numerical analysis of structures;
Linear seismic analysis of structures;
Behavior factor investigation and consideration;
Advanced nonlinear simulations;
Fragility analysis;
Cases studies of new, existing, or retrofitted structures;
Base isolation technologies and their applications;
Energy dissipation elements and their applications.

Dr. Rafael Shehu
Dr. Nicola Tarque
Dr. Manuel Buitrago
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Keywords

seismic analysis
seismic performance
incremental dynamic analysis
pushover analysis
fragility functions
nonlinear response
seismic retrofitting
seismic isolation
new structures
existing structures

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Seismic Performance of Concrete Column Connection with Square-Upper-Circular-Lower Steel Tube for Antique Buildings

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Buildings 2023, 13(4), 916; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13040916 - 30 Mar 2023

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The antique building combines traditional design with contemporary technology, making it an important structural style. Columns, as a crucial structural component, directly affect how well the building functions as a whole. This paper proposes a new connection form with the upper square concrete-filled steel tube-lower circular concrete-filled steel tube (USCFST-LCCFST). This study investigates the seismic performance of the proposed connection form of the columns. First, the finite element software ABAQUS-2021 is used to simulate and analyze the connection forms of the upper square concrete-filled steel tube and lower circular reinforced concrete (USCFST-LCRC) and the upper square steel reinforced concrete and lower circular reinforced concrete (USSRC-LCRC) above the antique building, respectively, which confirms the rationality of the modeling method explored in this paper. Then, geometric modeling of the USCFST-LCCFST connection is performed using ABAQUS. Simulation results demonstrate the superior seismic performance of the proposed connection form. In addition, the influence law of steel tube yield strength and the ratio of upper and lower column linear stiffness on its seismic performance are analyzed and determined through the variational parameter analysis of the USCFST-LCCFST connection form. The steel tube yield strength of USCFST-LCCFST column connection components is recommended to be 355–420 MPa and the ratio of upper and lower column linear stiffness should be no less than 0.063. In order to ensure the good seismic performance of the connection, the steel tube yield strength and the ratio of upper and lower column stiffness should be efficiently controlled in the design of antique buildings’ USCFST-LCCFST column connection components. Full article

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Seismic Retrofitting of Indonesian Masonry Using Bamboo Strips: An Experimental Study

Ahmad Basshofi Habieb

Farisal Akbar Rofiussan

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Buildings 2023, 13(4), 854; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13040854 - 24 Mar 2023

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Unreinforced masonry (UM) is well known as a vulnerable structure against earthquakes. However, it remains a popular structural system for low-rise residential housing in many high-seismicity areas, particularly in developing regions due to its low cost and easy construction. In the present study, a retrofitting strategy using locally available material, bamboo strips, was proposed. In addition to its fast-growing rate, the tensile strength of bamboo is considered high, nearly comparable to its steel counterpart. A series of experimental tests were performed in this study, including the bamboo tensile test, the mortar flexural test, the diagonal compressive shear test on the masonry assemblages, and the in-plane pushover test on masonry wall specimens without and with bamboo reinforcement. The retrofitted specimens with different volumes of bamboo reinforcement were also considered. The results show that the application of bamboo reinforcement, at a proper volume, significantly increases the ultimate strength and the ductility of the masonry wall. Such results indicate that the brittle failure of UM structures can be avoided by means of bamboo retrofitting. Full article

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Seismic Hazard Curve as Dynamic Parameters in Earthquake Building Design for Sabah, Malaysia

Noor Sheena Herayani Harith

Felix Tongkul

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Azlan Adnan

Buildings 2023, 13(2), 318; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings13020318 - 20 Jan 2023

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This paper presents the significance of a seismic hazard curve plot as a dynamic parameter in estimating earthquake-resistant structures. Various cases of structural damages in Malaysia are due to underestimating earthquake loadings since mostly buildings were designed without seismic loads. Sabah is classified as having low to moderate seismic activity due to a few active fault lines. Background point, area, and line sources are the three tectonic features that have impacted Sabah. Data on earthquakes from 1900 to 2021 have been collected by a number of earthquake data centers. The seismicity is based on a list of historical seismicities in the area, which stretches from latitudes 4 °S to 8 °N and longitudes 115 °E to 120 °E. The goal of this research is to develop a seismic hazard curve based on a conventional probabilistic seismic hazard analysis being examined for the maximum peak ground acceleration at 10% probability of exceedance as published in MSEN1998-1:2015. This study extended to 5% and 2% probability of exceedance combined with the seismic hazard curve by using Ranau as a case study. To calculate the expected ground motion recurrence, such as peak ground acceleration at the site, earthquake recurrence models were combined with selected ground motion models. A logic tree structure was used to combine simple quantities such as maximum magnitudes and the chosen ground motion models to describe epistemic uncertainty. The result demonstrates that peak ground acceleration values at the bedrock were estimated to be 0.16, 0.21, and 0.28 g of the total seismic hazard curve at 10%, 5%, and 2% PE in a 50-year return period, respectively. The seismic hazard study at a Ranau site basically depends on the seismicity of a region and the consequences of failure in the past. Thus, the results can be used as a basis for benchmarking design or evaluation decisions and for designing remedial measures for Sabah constructions to minimize structural failure. Full article

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Shaking Table Testing of a Low-Rise Reinforced Concrete Intermediate Moment Resisting Frame

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Buildings 2022, 12(12), 2104; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12122104 - 01 Dec 2022

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Multi-level shaking table tests were performed on a 1:3 reduced scale two-story reinforced concrete (RC) intermediate moment resisting frame (IMRF) conforming to the requirements given in the ACI-318-19. The exterior joints lacked shear reinforcement to assess the viability of the ACI model recommended for determining the design shear strength of the beam–column joint panel. One of the horizontal components of the 1994 Northridge earthquake accelerogram (090 CDMG Station 24278, Source: PEER strong motion database) was input to the frame for multi-level shaking table testing. Plastic hinges developed in beams under base input motion with a maximum acceleration equal to 0.40 g. The exterior joints incurred extensive damage under base input motion with a maximum acceleration equal to 0.70 g. The frame achieved displacement ductility and overstrength factors (determined as the ratio of the maximum resistance of the frame to the design base share force) equal to 2.40 and 2.50, respectively. This gives a response modification factor equal to 6. The satisfactory performance of the frame is attributed to the high efficiency of the beam–column joint, which was confined by spandrel beams on two faces and the high strength of the concrete. The inherent minimal confinement is sufficient to ensure satisfactory seismic behavior. The analysis confirmed overstrength equal to 1.58 for joint shear strength in comparison to the design strength determined using the ACI model. The data might serve as a reference for calibrating and validating numerical modeling techniques for performance evaluation, which are crucial in the context of performance-based engineering. Full article

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Yielding and Ultimate Deformations of Wide and Deep Reinforced Concrete Beams

Fernando Gómez-Martínez

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Agustín Pérez-García

Buildings 2022, 12(11), 2015; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings12112015 - 18 Nov 2022

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Current formulations proposed by Eurocode 8 part 3 for the inelastic deformations of existing reinforced concrete members are assessed separately for wide beams (WB) and conventional deep beams (DB). The current approach, based on a large experimental database of members, predicts larger ultimate chord rotation but lower chord rotation ductility for WB rather than for DB despite the similar curvature ductility, due to lower plastic hinge lengths in WB. However, if the data are disaggregated into DB and WB, predicted chord rotations are consistently conservative for DB and not conservative for WB if compared with experimental values, especially at ultimate deformation. Thus, plastic hinge length may be even greater for DB in comparison to WB. Therefore, some feasible corrections of the formulations for chord rotations are proposed, in order to reduce the bias and thus increase the robustness of the model for cross-section shape variability. Full article

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