IMPACT OF REDUCTION IN STIFFNESS OF SLAB ON THE BEHAVIOUR OF RCC STRUCTURE
Sneha S. Darekar1 , Prof. P. R. Barbude2 , Dr. S. A. Rasal3
1Post Graduate Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400708, Maharashtra, India
2Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400708, Maharashtra, India
3 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Datta Meghe College of Engineering, Airoli, Navi Mumbai 400708, Maharashtra, India ***
Abstract – The various codes have suggested different values of stiffness modifiers for differentstructuralelementsin respect of serviceability and ultimate limit of the structure. The present work is carried out in order to incorporate the effect of crack section in structural analysis of the high-rise building (RCC) to attain the maximum resistance to earthquake loads and to protect building to some extent from earthquakes. A response spectrum analysis is carried out by using ETABS 18 software on four 3D models of same 32-story RCC building by considering the reduction in values of out of plane stiffness modifiers of all the slabs in each model, for the ultimate condition of the building. The results obtained are compared by considering parameters such as top storey displacement, story drift, major moment and required reinforcement percentage of shear walls at the base. According to analysis and design of model 4, it may be concluded that shear walls will be strengthened and welldesigned during seismic events and this will improve the seismic performance of the building.
Key Words: slabstiffness,stiffnessmodifier,cracksection effect
1. INTRODUCTION
Asheightofthebuildingincreases,havingadequatestrength andstiffnessisveryimportantforresistinglateralloadsand stabilityofthehigh-risebuilding.Contributionofstiffnessof structuralmembershasimpactontheoverallbehaviourof the building subjected to earthquake. For this study, the stiffness of slab (out of plane stiffness) is reduced further whilethestiffnessvaluesofremainingstructuralelements arekeptasmentionedinIS16700:2017.
In the present study a response spectrum analysis by ETABS 18 software is performed on four 3D models of 32-storyRCCbuildinginordertoincorporatetheeffectof crackapproximately,byfurtherreductioninstiffnessofslab element in each model for the ultimate condition of the building.
The Stiffness modifiers are the factors used to reduce stiffnessofconcretesectionsfortakingintoconsiderationthe
crackingofRCCsectionsinanalysisofthestructure.Stiffness modifiers are introduced to reduced moment of inertia of differentmembersduetocracking. TheTable-1showsthe stiffnessmodifiersgivenbythevariouscodesunderfactored loads.
Table -1: Stiffnessmodifiersgivenbydifferentcodes
Areaelementorshellelementhastwotypesofstiffnessesin planestiffnessandout-of-planestiffness.Inplanestiffness referredtoasf11,f22,f12andout-of-planestiffnessreferred toasm11,m22,m12.Inthisstudy,forslabelementtheinplane stiffness modifiers are taken as 0.25 as per Table 6crackedRCsectionpropertiesinIS16700:2017,Clauseno. 7.2,andtheoutofplanestiffnessmodifiersarereduced.Outof-planestiffnessmodifiersforslab areconsideredas0.25Ig (25%ofmomentofinertia)inmodel1,0.2Iginmodel2,0.1 Ig in model 3 and 0.01 Ig in model 4. For the remaining structural elements stiffness modifier values are taken as mentionedinIS16700:2017.
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
Theresearchworkwhichhasbeencarriedoutpreviouslyon stiffness reduction of reinforced concrete elements is reviewed.Aninvestigationofeffectofconcretecrackingon thelateralresponseofbuildingstructuresiscarriedoutby Ahmedet.al.(2008)(5).Theyexaminedtheeffectofconcrete crackingonitsstiffness.Theycarriedoutthepresentworkto study the quantitative effect of cracking and deflections amplificationontheresponseofRCCbuilding.Thebuilding
withdifferentaspectratioanddifferentrelativeheightare analyzed. They carried out analysis of structures using STAADPROsoftware.
Sang-Whan Han et.al. (2009) (6) developed equations for calculating slab stiffness reduction factor in the Effective beamwidthmodel(EBWM)withrespecttoappliedmoment (Ma)normalizedbycrackingmoment(Mcr)byconducting nonlinear regression analysis using stiffness reduction factors estimated from collected test results of 20 interior and10exteriorslab-columnconnectionspecimens.
D.P.N.Kontoni et.al. (2018)(11)performedatimehistory analysis by usingSAP2000software onthirteen modelsof 12-storyRCbuildingsinordertoillustratethecontributionof column stiffness and column cross sections (square or rectangular),beamstiffnessandslabstiffness,buildingfloor plans (square or rectangular) on building resistance to an earthquake. In order to investigate what percentage each typeofelementcontributestotheoverallperformanceofan high-rise building under seismic load, the stiffness of each type of element is reduced by 10% to 90%. From the literaturesurveyithasbeenobservedthat:
1. Slabstiffnesshasimpactonoverallbehaviorofbuilding subjectedtoearthquake.Inabsenceofstiffnessmodifiers, the structure would be stiffer and thus attract higher lateralforcesduetoearthquake.
2. Astheslabmomentduetolateralloadsincreases,more crackswill propagate intheslabsandtheslabstiffness willdecreaseduetocrackformation.Thus,thereduction in slab stiffness due to the effect of cracks should be reflectedintheanalysisofreinforcedconcretebuilding.
3. Ductile reinforced concrete structures experience large plasticdeformationsduringanearthquake.
4. Crackingduetoseismicshockaredifferentfordifferent configurationofstructureandtheirage.
5. Wecanincorporateapproximatelytheeffectofcrackin structuralanalysisofR.C.C.Buildingstofindresponsible response of the structure to ground movement by consideringvaluesofstiffnessmodifier.
3. MODELLING OF STRUCTURE
For the analysis high rise RC building, located in zone III havingirregularconfigurationintheplanofthebuildinghas been considered. The building comprising of Ground + 32 floors + Terrace. Total height of the building is 109.25 m fromfoundationtoterrace,withtypicalfloortofloorheight 3.05m.Totalplandimensionis36.7mx33m.Raftfoundation resting on rock/hard soil has been considered in the analysis. Structural system is a shear wall structure. A response spectrum analysis by ETABS 18 software was performedonfour3Dmodelsofsame32-storyRCCbuilding,
fortheultimateconditionofthebuildingi.e.underfactored loads. In the analysis of all four models only out-of-plane stiffness modifiers for slabs are changing and values of stiffnessmodifiersforotherstructuralelementsaresameas perIS16700:2017.
Model 1: Modelconsideringinplanestiffnessmodifiers(f11, f22,f12)&out-of-planestiffnessmodifiers(m11,m22,m12) forslabas0.25(asmentionedinIS16700:2017)
Model 2: Modelconsideringinplanestiffnessmodifiers(f11, f22,f12)forslabas0.25&out-of-planestiffnessmodifiers (m11,m22,m12)forslabas0.20
Model 3: Modelconsideringinplanestiffnessmodifiers(f11, f22,f12)forslabas0.25&out-of-planestiffnessmodifiers (m11,m22,m12)forslabas0.10
Model 4: Modelconsideringinplanestiffnessmodifiers(f11, f22,f12)forslabas0.25&out-of-planestiffnessmodifiers (m11,m22,m12)forslabas0.01
Figure 1 and 2 shows the mathematical model and the typicalfloorplanofETABSModel.
Thedetailsofthegradeoftheconcreteusedatvariousfloors aregiveninTable-2.
SeismicZoneFactor(Z) =0.16
ImportanceFactor(I) =1.2
ResponseReductionFactor(R)=4
4. RESULTS AND
The results obtained are compared by considering parameters such as top storey displacement, story drift, major moment and required reinforcement percentage of shearwallatbase.
Top Story Displacement:
Thedeflectionduetothedesignedlateralforceshouldnot exceed H/250, as earthquake is the governing factor. Therefore,themaximumpermissibleearthquakelimitinthis caseis109.25*1000/250=437mm
ThetopstoreydisplacementinXdirectionforallfourmodels is shown in Table-3. Also, the effect of top storey displacementinXdirectionispresentedinfigure3.
Structural Element CubeCompressiveStrength(fck)
Columns/ Shear
Walls
Beams andSlabs
Foundationto9th floor–60N/mm²(M60)
9th floorto20TH floor-50N/mm²(M50)
20th floortoTerracefloor-40N/mm²(M40)
Groundto9th floor-45N/mm²(M45)
10th floorto20TH floor-40N/mm²(M40)
21st floortoTerracefloor-30N/mm²(M30)
In the analysis, the floor slabs are assigned as shell (shell thin)elementandareconsideredassemirigiddiaphragms.
SteelReinforcementareThermo-MechanicallyTreatedbars.
Specified characteristic field strength (fy) is 500 N/mm². Modulusofelasticity(Es)is2.0x10^5Mpa.
BasicDesignWindSpeedis44m/sec.
DL=1.5to5.5KN/m^2(onvariousareasaccordingtousage)
LL=2to5KN/m^2(onvariousareasaccordingtousage)
SeismicloadsaredeterminedfromIS1893:2016(Part1),
Clauseno.7.6.2(a)basedonthefollowingparameters:
SeismicZone:III
ThetopstoreydisplacementinYdirectionforallfourmodels isshowninTable-4
Also,theeffectoftopstoreydisplacementinXdirectionis presentedinfigure4.
Table -4: TopStoryDisplacementinYDirection
YDirection
Table3and4showsvaluesoflateraldisplacementattopof building due to earthquake in positive X and Y direction. FromthegraphsinFig3and4,itisobservedthatastheoutof-plane stiffness modifier of slab decreases the lateral displacementduetoearthquakeforcesinXandYdirection increases.
Story Drift:
Storydriftisthelateraldisplacementofastoryrelativetothe storybelow.Thestorydriftinanystoryduetothedesigned lateralforceshouldnotexceed0.004timesstoryheight(IS 1893-2002, clause 7.11.1). Story drift ratio is story drift dividedbythestoryheight. ThevaluesreportedinETABS are divided by story height. Therefore, the maximum permissibleearthquakelimitinthiscaseis0.004.
Table-5givesthevaluesofthestorydriftinXdirectionforall four models at different story level. Also the effect is illustratedinfigure5
Fig-6:StoryDriftsinYDirection
FromtheTable5and6ithasbeenobservedthatastheoutof-planestiffnessofslabdecreasesthestorydriftsincreases. The values of story drifts are within limit. A comparative graphforMaximumstorydriftduetoearthquakeinXandY directionisshowninfigure5and6.
Shear wall moment at base:
Asstiffnessofslabdecreases,majormoment(M33)atbaseof some shear walls increases. Increasing moments in some shearwallsareshownhere.Table7,8and9givesmoments
atbaseofshearwallsW11(P13,P13A),W30(P63),W41(P51, P51A)respectivelyinallfourmodels.
From Tables 7, 8, 9 it is observed that as the out-of-plane stiffnessmodifierofslabdecreases,majormoment(M3)at baseofsomeshearwallsincreases.Theeffectisrepresented graphicallyinfigures7,8and9.
Table -7: MomentatBaseinShearWallW11(P13,P13A)
Pier
M3(KN-m)atGroundFloor
Fig-7:MomentatBaseinShearWallW11(P13,P13A)
Table -8: MomentatBaseinShearWallW30(P63) Pier
M3(KNm)atGroundFloor
Fig-8:MomentatBaseinShearWallW30(P63)
Table -9: MomentatBaseinShearWallW41(P51,P51A)
Pier Label M3(KNm)atGroundFloor
Fig-9: MomentatBaseinShearWallW41(P51,P51A)
Required reinforcement percentage in shear wall at base:
Maximumrequiredreinforcement%inshearwalldepends on wind and earthquake loads anticipated at the location. Minimumrequiredreinforcement%inshearwallis0.25%. Graphshowsrequiredreinforcement%inaparticularshear wallatbaseinallfourmodels.
Table -10: RequiredReinforcement%inshearwall W11(P13,P13A)atbase
From Tables 10 and 11 it is observed that as the stiffness modifierofslabdecreasestherequiredreinforcement%at baseofsomeshearwallsincreases.Hencesomeshearwalls shouldbestrengthenedbyadditionofsteelreinforcementto takehighermoments,sothattheyarenotunderdesignedin earthquake Figure10and11showsgraphicalrepresentation ofrequiredreinforcement%inshearwallsatbase.
5. CONCLUSIONS
From the present study following broad conclusions are drawn:
1. In the structural analysis of R.C.C. building model considered; effect of crack is incorporated approximatelybyfurtherreductioninstiffnessofslab element to attain the maximum resistance against earthquakes.
2. Stiffness modifiers are used to reduce out of plane stiffnessoftheslabelementbydecreasingmomentof inertiaupto20%,10%and1%.
3. Reducingoutofplanestiffnessofslabtolessthan10% theslabwillonlytransmitin-planeforcesandwillnot beabletocontributetoresistanybendingmoments.
Table -11: RequiredReinforcement%inshearwall W41(P51,P51A)atbase
4. Slabwillnottakepartinloadbearingandwholeload will directly transfer through the slab to supporting structural elements. Hence, beams located under the slabwillgeneratehighermoments.
Therefore,supportingstructuralelements(beams,shear walls) should be strengthened by addition of steel reinforcement to take higher moments, so that they are notunderdesignedinearthquake.
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