Optimum Location of SoftStorey in Multi-Storeyed Building
Md Imaduddin Affan1, A Vimala2

1Md Imaduddin Affan, Master of Technology in structural engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, Venkatapur, Ghatkesar, Medchal Dist-TS, India.
2Dr. A. Vimala, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Anurag Group of Institutions, Venkatapur, Ghatkesar, Medchal Dist-TS, India. 

Manuscript received on September 16, 2019. | Revised Manuscript received on 24 September, 2019. | Manuscript published on October 10, 2019. | PP: 2486-2490 | Volume-8 Issue-12, October 2019. | Retrieval Number: L34301081219/2019©BEIESP | DOI: 10.35940/ijitee.L3430.1081219
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Abstract: The present study is focus on 11-storey reinforced concrete buildings to optimize the location of soft storey under seismic zone-v. The plan of building 40m x 40m is considered. In X- direction and y-direction number of bays is 8 and each bay width is 5m. To observe the non linear behaviour of multistoreyed building will be studied for various position of soft storey by increasing the storey height. Soft storey is provided at 1 st storey, 5 th storey and 10th storey. In this first three models is analyzed by increasing height of storey as 4.5m and other three models is analyzed by increasing height of storey as 5.1m and remaining storey height is kept as 3m are compare with regular building by using ETABS software. Comparison is made for the storey displacement, storey stiffness, base shear and formation of hinge patterns. The result remarks the conclusion that base shear carrying capacity of the structure increases as the soft storey is placed at higher levels and is least when the soft storey is at the ground. The seismic performance of structures is very sensitive to stiffness ratio. The lower the stiffness ratio of soft storey displacement of that structure is high.
Keywords: Soft Storey, Pushover Analysis, Stiffness Ratio, Base Shear, Storey Stiffness.
Scope of the Article: Building Technology