Investigation of the behaviour of a reinforced concrete frame structure according to two different earthquake regulations in the Siirt region

Abstract

The Turkish Building Earthquake Regulation (2018TBEC), which was put into effect in January 2019, was published in the Official Gazette in 2018, so the 2007 Turkish Earthquake Regulation (2007TSC), which was in effect before, was updated and the old version was terminated. With the updating of 2007TSC, naturally different results emerge in the design principles of all reinforced concrete structures. Within the scope of the study, the numerical results of the soil parameters of one location of real estate, for which ground studies were carried out in the Siirt region according to both 2007 TSC and 2018 TBEC, and earthquake parameters obtained according to 2 separate regulations were applied to a reinforced concrete 5-storey frame structure. The differences in the regulations on the structural behaviour in terms of the soil and earthquake parameters were evaluated through the SAP 2000 analysis program. The strength and displacement capacities of the 5-storey reinforced concrete structure were evaluated by comparing them according to the 2007 TSC and 2018 TBEC earthquake regulations by using Non-Linear Static Pushover Analysis.