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13th
World Conference on Earthquake EngineeringVancouver BC Canada
August 1-6 2004Paper No 2224
NON-LINEAR NUMERICAL ANALYSES TO IMPROVE THE SEISMIC
DESIGN METHOD FOR SOFT FIRST STORY RC BUILDING
Kheir-Eddine RAMDANE1 Koichi KUSUNOKI
1 Masaomi TESHIGAWARA
1 and Hiroto KATO
1
SUMMARY
Soft first story buildings are one of the most vulnerable structural types during severe earthquakes Suchstructures notably RC buildings are required in overpopulated areas
Kobe earthquake which is considered to be one of the most devastating and costly natural disaster in recent
history bearing in mind the number of buildings destroyed the number of people killed and injured and the
damage extended to a wide range of structural types It was found that many buildings that were constructed
with open retail space or parking on the first floor collapsed
The collapse of the soft first story structure was attributed to inadequate transverse reinforcement in terms of
its amount and detailing more flexible andor weaker story and to relatively smaller amount of shear walls to
allow for the access to the open space than the ones above Hence the Building Standard Law Enforcement
Order of Japan revised after the Kobe earthquake adopted stricter guidelines for the construction of soft first
story buildings That was a tentative approach but no reliable methodology for the design of this type of
structure exists so far
The aim of this study is to evaluate the seismic capacity and conduct non-linear numerical analyses of typical
RC buildings of 6- 10- and 14 stories with soft first story investigate the response characteristics and
improve the seismic design method of this type of structures An expression is derived based on the energy
constant law for the strength increasing factor and compared with results from the numerical analyses to
verify the adequacy of this expression
INTRODUCTION
Ground shaking produced by an earthquake will search for any structural vulnerability These vulnerabilities
are usually created by sharp changes in stiffness strength andor ductility lack of shear walls in the firststory and the effects of these vulnerabilities are accentuated by poor distribution of masses As a result one
of the most vulnerable structural types is the multistory commercial and residential buildings built of
reinforced concrete with little or no lateral resistance of the first story These buildings are called ldquoPilotirdquo or
ldquosoftrdquo first story buildings
1 Building Research Institute 1 Tachihara Tsukuba Ibaraki Japan 305-0802 Email eddine_ryahoofr
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Generally soft stories have less stiffness than the upper stories Together with a lack of ductile capacity in the
reinforced concrete columns beams and joints these soft stories can cause many brittle failures during an
earthquake ground motion The 1978 Miyagi-ken Oki Earthquake caused brittle and severe damage of the
columns of the first floors to RC buildings which had shear walls except in the first floors This type of
damage was more noticed in the 1995 Kobe Earthquake Based on this fact a design procedure which does
not allow column side-sway mechanism (soft first story collapse) was recommended in the Japanese Seismic
Design Guidelines
On the other hand soft first story collapse might be permissible even in Piloti buildings if the maximum
response deformation angle of the first story can be kept to the level of the maximum response deformation
angle supposed in beam sideway mechanism (total collapse) buildings And since soft first story buildings
have fewer andor no shear walls to absorb the energy generated by an earthquake than those total collapse
buildings thus in order to hold the maximum response deformation angle of soft first story buildings to the
same level as that of total collapse buildings and according to the energy constant law the horizontal load-
carrying capacity required in the soft first story buildings must be increased in comparison with total collapse
buildings
In this paper a procedure to determine the failure modes of a building with a soft first story from the failure
modes of columns and walls at the soft story is demonstrated This will be used to develop a designprocedure to secure the safety of those buildings allowing the soft first story collapse mechanism Then a
strength increasing factor pα which represents the capacity demand for the soft story in order to get the
same total collapse of the system is determined based on the energy constant law so that the ductility factor
for buildings with a soft first story collapse micro is equal to the ductility factor for buildings with total
collapse mechanism micro
The buildings considered in this study are designed according to the specification prior to the 1995 Japanese
code The values of the base shear coefficient C b divided by the vibration factor Rt are 043 046 and 043
for the considered RC buildings of 6- 10- and 14 stories with soft first story respectively Then the base
shear is varied with respect to the original value and the stiffness of the first story is assumed as constant
OUTLINE OF THE SEISMIC DESIGN CODE IN JAPAN
Significant developments occurred in the Japanese Seismic Design Code since the restoration of Meiji period
in 1968 Following the 1923 Kanto Earthquake the Urban Building Law which concerned only six major
cities in Japan required the use of a seismic coefficient of 01 in conjunction with a materials safety factor of
3 on ultimate stress These requirements were revised from time to time following devastating earthquake
disasters
The first Building Standard Law applicable to all buildings in Japan was revealed in May 1950 The
purpose of the law is to safeguard the life health and property by providing minimum standards concerning
the site structure equipment and use of building The Law requires that a building owner must submit
before construction work an application to building officials to confirm that the building plan site structure
and equipment satisfy the provisions of the law This requirement made the code prescriptive because
building officials must be able to judge the conformity The structural design was based on the allowable
stress design
The 1978 Miyagi-ken Oki Earthquake which caused serious damage led to accelerated implementation of the
revised Building Standard Law in 1981 The Building Standard Law included a seismic coefficient that
varies with structural vibration period and introduced a two-level design procedure The first level design
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follows the traditional allowable stress design approach with steel allowable stress equal to the yield stress
and concrete allowable stress equal to 23 of the specified compressive strength The second level design is a
direct and explicit evaluation of strength and ductility and maybe regarded as a check of whether these are
sufficient for severe ground motion
In the first level design the seismic (elastic response) coefficient C i at each floor level i is determined as
0C A R Z C it i sdotsdotsdot= Eq(1)
where Z seismic zone factor Rt vibration characteristic factor Ai factor representing vertical distribution of
the seismic story shear coefficient C o basic base shear coefficient (02 for allowable stress design and 10 for
the examination of story shear resisting capacity)
Further in the second level design the story shear resisting capacity must be greater than the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity unQ at the soft story which is given by
sumsdotsdotsdotsdot=
iiseS un
W C F F DQ Eq(2)
where Ds structural characteristic factor (030 ndash 055) representing the ductility of hinging members of the
story F e coefficient representing the eccentricity in a story F s representing the distribution of stiffness
along the height C i story shear coefficient sum iW total dead and live loads above story i However
buildings not more than 31 m and satisfying certain conditions are not required to examine the story shear
resisting capacity Other structures of heights between 31 m and 60 m must be checked by both design
procedures Structures over 60 m in height are subject to special approval
When the first story is ductile Ds become small and so is the required horizontal load-carrying capacity In
this case the whole building dissipates the energy uniformly However a soft story building needs to
dissipate almost all the earthquake energy at the first floor If Eq(2) is applied to the soft first story building
the latter shows a large deformation Hence it is proposed that the maximum ductility or maximum
deformation angle of the soft first story building must be kept to the same level as for the total collapse
building Therefore considering the fact that the damage concentrates in the soft first story for the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity of the first story the larger of pα and F s as shown in Eq(3) should be
used instead of F s in Eq(2)
max)( s p F α Eq(3)
where pα is the strength increasing factor to limit the deformation of the soft first story
FAILURE MECHANISM OF SOFT STORY BUILDING
Inspections of earthquake damage as well as the results of analytical studies have shown that structural
systems with a soft story can lead to serious problems during severe earthquake ground shaking
For instance Fig1 and 2 illustrate such damages Fig 1 shows the failure mechanism of soft story building
These are a) Bending (tensile yielding of reinforcing bar) b) collapse of first story (yield in column) and c)
collapse of first story (shear failure of column) As for a soft story with walls two types of failure mechanism
are observed in a frame with a wall a) bending (bending yield at wall bottom) and b) shear collapse of first
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story (shear failure) The failure mechanism of the frame with wall is predominant and therefore controls the
failure mechanism of the whole system (building)
(a) (b) (c)
Fig 1 Failure types of soft story building
(a) (b) Fig 2 Failure types of soft story with walls
Based on the above observed types of failure the following section illustrates the Model which is
considered in this study
MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE
The model considered in this study is shown in Fig 3 Continuous shear walls from the second to the top
story are modeled as equivalent one column as shown in Fig 3(a) and each mass represent the weight of
each floor Columns in the first story are modeled as two columns The total weight of the first story is
distributed into three masses and each mass of the first story is equivalent mass Beams in the first story
are modeled as a rigid element
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983127983137983148983148
983127983137983148983148
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(a) Model for structure (b) Model for member
Fig 3 Model for structure and member
For the first story the shear and the axial springs are assumed to be elastic as shown in Fig 3(b) As for the
flexural spring the Takeda Model is applied For the second story and above the shear the axial and the
flexural springs are assumed to be linear Moreover the applied damping is proportional to the instant
stiffness of 5
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INPUT MOTIONS
The NS component of the record at the El Centro Hachinohe and Kobe were used as the input earthquake
motions in addition to four artificial waves (wg60 wg61 wg62 and wg63) Each record is normalized so
that the maximum velocity is 500 mmsec2 The Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) of each record is shown
in Table 1 and the response acceleration spectra for each of the seven input motions is shown in Fig 4
Table 1 PGA of each record
Record PGA (cmsec2)
El Centro NS 44812
Hachinohe NS 27791
Kobe NS 44405
Wg60 48430
Wg61 46733
Wg62 52292
Wg63 51004
983088983086983088 983088983086983093 983089983086983088 983089983086983093 983090983086983088 983090983086983093 983091983086983088
983088983086983088
983090983086983088
983092983086983088
983094983086983088
983096983086983088
983089983088983086983088
983089983090983086983088
983089983092983086983088
983089983094983086983088
983122
983141 983155 983152 983151 983150 983155 983141
983105
983139 983139 983141 983148 983141 983154 983137 983156 983145 983151 983150
983080 983149
983087 983155 983141 983139
983090 983081
983120983141983154983145983151983140 983080983155983141983139983081
983109983148 983107 983141983150983156983154983151 983118 983123
983112983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141 983118983123
983115983151983138983141 983118983123
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983089
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983090
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983091
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983092
Fig 4 Response acceleration spectrum for each input motion
METHOD FOR DERIVING THE FACTOR pα
The energy constant law as shown in fig 5 was considered when investigating the responses of soft first
story and total collapse mechanism buildings The assumed magnitude of external forces is based on anelastic response of 10G For strengths lower than 10G the building yields As a result and assuming
that the energy constant law is satisfied the shear strength coefficient Ds and ductility micro can be expressed
by Eq(4) given as
12
1
minus
=
micro s
D Eq(4)
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
983108983145983155983152983148983137983139983141983149983141983150983156 983154983137983156983145983151 983080 ∆983087 ∆983089983161
983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
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983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
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983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
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α
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α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
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983141983150983141983154983143983161
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983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
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983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
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983159983143983094983091
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983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
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983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
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983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
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α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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Generally soft stories have less stiffness than the upper stories Together with a lack of ductile capacity in the
reinforced concrete columns beams and joints these soft stories can cause many brittle failures during an
earthquake ground motion The 1978 Miyagi-ken Oki Earthquake caused brittle and severe damage of the
columns of the first floors to RC buildings which had shear walls except in the first floors This type of
damage was more noticed in the 1995 Kobe Earthquake Based on this fact a design procedure which does
not allow column side-sway mechanism (soft first story collapse) was recommended in the Japanese Seismic
Design Guidelines
On the other hand soft first story collapse might be permissible even in Piloti buildings if the maximum
response deformation angle of the first story can be kept to the level of the maximum response deformation
angle supposed in beam sideway mechanism (total collapse) buildings And since soft first story buildings
have fewer andor no shear walls to absorb the energy generated by an earthquake than those total collapse
buildings thus in order to hold the maximum response deformation angle of soft first story buildings to the
same level as that of total collapse buildings and according to the energy constant law the horizontal load-
carrying capacity required in the soft first story buildings must be increased in comparison with total collapse
buildings
In this paper a procedure to determine the failure modes of a building with a soft first story from the failure
modes of columns and walls at the soft story is demonstrated This will be used to develop a designprocedure to secure the safety of those buildings allowing the soft first story collapse mechanism Then a
strength increasing factor pα which represents the capacity demand for the soft story in order to get the
same total collapse of the system is determined based on the energy constant law so that the ductility factor
for buildings with a soft first story collapse micro is equal to the ductility factor for buildings with total
collapse mechanism micro
The buildings considered in this study are designed according to the specification prior to the 1995 Japanese
code The values of the base shear coefficient C b divided by the vibration factor Rt are 043 046 and 043
for the considered RC buildings of 6- 10- and 14 stories with soft first story respectively Then the base
shear is varied with respect to the original value and the stiffness of the first story is assumed as constant
OUTLINE OF THE SEISMIC DESIGN CODE IN JAPAN
Significant developments occurred in the Japanese Seismic Design Code since the restoration of Meiji period
in 1968 Following the 1923 Kanto Earthquake the Urban Building Law which concerned only six major
cities in Japan required the use of a seismic coefficient of 01 in conjunction with a materials safety factor of
3 on ultimate stress These requirements were revised from time to time following devastating earthquake
disasters
The first Building Standard Law applicable to all buildings in Japan was revealed in May 1950 The
purpose of the law is to safeguard the life health and property by providing minimum standards concerning
the site structure equipment and use of building The Law requires that a building owner must submit
before construction work an application to building officials to confirm that the building plan site structure
and equipment satisfy the provisions of the law This requirement made the code prescriptive because
building officials must be able to judge the conformity The structural design was based on the allowable
stress design
The 1978 Miyagi-ken Oki Earthquake which caused serious damage led to accelerated implementation of the
revised Building Standard Law in 1981 The Building Standard Law included a seismic coefficient that
varies with structural vibration period and introduced a two-level design procedure The first level design
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follows the traditional allowable stress design approach with steel allowable stress equal to the yield stress
and concrete allowable stress equal to 23 of the specified compressive strength The second level design is a
direct and explicit evaluation of strength and ductility and maybe regarded as a check of whether these are
sufficient for severe ground motion
In the first level design the seismic (elastic response) coefficient C i at each floor level i is determined as
0C A R Z C it i sdotsdotsdot= Eq(1)
where Z seismic zone factor Rt vibration characteristic factor Ai factor representing vertical distribution of
the seismic story shear coefficient C o basic base shear coefficient (02 for allowable stress design and 10 for
the examination of story shear resisting capacity)
Further in the second level design the story shear resisting capacity must be greater than the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity unQ at the soft story which is given by
sumsdotsdotsdotsdot=
iiseS un
W C F F DQ Eq(2)
where Ds structural characteristic factor (030 ndash 055) representing the ductility of hinging members of the
story F e coefficient representing the eccentricity in a story F s representing the distribution of stiffness
along the height C i story shear coefficient sum iW total dead and live loads above story i However
buildings not more than 31 m and satisfying certain conditions are not required to examine the story shear
resisting capacity Other structures of heights between 31 m and 60 m must be checked by both design
procedures Structures over 60 m in height are subject to special approval
When the first story is ductile Ds become small and so is the required horizontal load-carrying capacity In
this case the whole building dissipates the energy uniformly However a soft story building needs to
dissipate almost all the earthquake energy at the first floor If Eq(2) is applied to the soft first story building
the latter shows a large deformation Hence it is proposed that the maximum ductility or maximum
deformation angle of the soft first story building must be kept to the same level as for the total collapse
building Therefore considering the fact that the damage concentrates in the soft first story for the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity of the first story the larger of pα and F s as shown in Eq(3) should be
used instead of F s in Eq(2)
max)( s p F α Eq(3)
where pα is the strength increasing factor to limit the deformation of the soft first story
FAILURE MECHANISM OF SOFT STORY BUILDING
Inspections of earthquake damage as well as the results of analytical studies have shown that structural
systems with a soft story can lead to serious problems during severe earthquake ground shaking
For instance Fig1 and 2 illustrate such damages Fig 1 shows the failure mechanism of soft story building
These are a) Bending (tensile yielding of reinforcing bar) b) collapse of first story (yield in column) and c)
collapse of first story (shear failure of column) As for a soft story with walls two types of failure mechanism
are observed in a frame with a wall a) bending (bending yield at wall bottom) and b) shear collapse of first
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story (shear failure) The failure mechanism of the frame with wall is predominant and therefore controls the
failure mechanism of the whole system (building)
(a) (b) (c)
Fig 1 Failure types of soft story building
(a) (b) Fig 2 Failure types of soft story with walls
Based on the above observed types of failure the following section illustrates the Model which is
considered in this study
MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE
The model considered in this study is shown in Fig 3 Continuous shear walls from the second to the top
story are modeled as equivalent one column as shown in Fig 3(a) and each mass represent the weight of
each floor Columns in the first story are modeled as two columns The total weight of the first story is
distributed into three masses and each mass of the first story is equivalent mass Beams in the first story
are modeled as a rigid element
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983127983137983148983148
983127983137983148983148
983127983137983148983148
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(a) Model for structure (b) Model for member
Fig 3 Model for structure and member
For the first story the shear and the axial springs are assumed to be elastic as shown in Fig 3(b) As for the
flexural spring the Takeda Model is applied For the second story and above the shear the axial and the
flexural springs are assumed to be linear Moreover the applied damping is proportional to the instant
stiffness of 5
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INPUT MOTIONS
The NS component of the record at the El Centro Hachinohe and Kobe were used as the input earthquake
motions in addition to four artificial waves (wg60 wg61 wg62 and wg63) Each record is normalized so
that the maximum velocity is 500 mmsec2 The Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) of each record is shown
in Table 1 and the response acceleration spectra for each of the seven input motions is shown in Fig 4
Table 1 PGA of each record
Record PGA (cmsec2)
El Centro NS 44812
Hachinohe NS 27791
Kobe NS 44405
Wg60 48430
Wg61 46733
Wg62 52292
Wg63 51004
983088983086983088 983088983086983093 983089983086983088 983089983086983093 983090983086983088 983090983086983093 983091983086983088
983088983086983088
983090983086983088
983092983086983088
983094983086983088
983096983086983088
983089983088983086983088
983089983090983086983088
983089983092983086983088
983089983094983086983088
983122
983141 983155 983152 983151 983150 983155 983141
983105
983139 983139 983141 983148 983141 983154 983137 983156 983145 983151 983150
983080 983149
983087 983155 983141 983139
983090 983081
983120983141983154983145983151983140 983080983155983141983139983081
983109983148 983107 983141983150983156983154983151 983118 983123
983112983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141 983118983123
983115983151983138983141 983118983123
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983089
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983090
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983091
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983092
Fig 4 Response acceleration spectrum for each input motion
METHOD FOR DERIVING THE FACTOR pα
The energy constant law as shown in fig 5 was considered when investigating the responses of soft first
story and total collapse mechanism buildings The assumed magnitude of external forces is based on anelastic response of 10G For strengths lower than 10G the building yields As a result and assuming
that the energy constant law is satisfied the shear strength coefficient Ds and ductility micro can be expressed
by Eq(4) given as
12
1
minus
=
micro s
D Eq(4)
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
983108983145983155983152983148983137983139983141983149983141983150983156 983154983137983156983145983151 983080 ∆983087 ∆983089983161
983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
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983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
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983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
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983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
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α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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follows the traditional allowable stress design approach with steel allowable stress equal to the yield stress
and concrete allowable stress equal to 23 of the specified compressive strength The second level design is a
direct and explicit evaluation of strength and ductility and maybe regarded as a check of whether these are
sufficient for severe ground motion
In the first level design the seismic (elastic response) coefficient C i at each floor level i is determined as
0C A R Z C it i sdotsdotsdot= Eq(1)
where Z seismic zone factor Rt vibration characteristic factor Ai factor representing vertical distribution of
the seismic story shear coefficient C o basic base shear coefficient (02 for allowable stress design and 10 for
the examination of story shear resisting capacity)
Further in the second level design the story shear resisting capacity must be greater than the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity unQ at the soft story which is given by
sumsdotsdotsdotsdot=
iiseS un
W C F F DQ Eq(2)
where Ds structural characteristic factor (030 ndash 055) representing the ductility of hinging members of the
story F e coefficient representing the eccentricity in a story F s representing the distribution of stiffness
along the height C i story shear coefficient sum iW total dead and live loads above story i However
buildings not more than 31 m and satisfying certain conditions are not required to examine the story shear
resisting capacity Other structures of heights between 31 m and 60 m must be checked by both design
procedures Structures over 60 m in height are subject to special approval
When the first story is ductile Ds become small and so is the required horizontal load-carrying capacity In
this case the whole building dissipates the energy uniformly However a soft story building needs to
dissipate almost all the earthquake energy at the first floor If Eq(2) is applied to the soft first story building
the latter shows a large deformation Hence it is proposed that the maximum ductility or maximum
deformation angle of the soft first story building must be kept to the same level as for the total collapse
building Therefore considering the fact that the damage concentrates in the soft first story for the required
horizontal load-carrying capacity of the first story the larger of pα and F s as shown in Eq(3) should be
used instead of F s in Eq(2)
max)( s p F α Eq(3)
where pα is the strength increasing factor to limit the deformation of the soft first story
FAILURE MECHANISM OF SOFT STORY BUILDING
Inspections of earthquake damage as well as the results of analytical studies have shown that structural
systems with a soft story can lead to serious problems during severe earthquake ground shaking
For instance Fig1 and 2 illustrate such damages Fig 1 shows the failure mechanism of soft story building
These are a) Bending (tensile yielding of reinforcing bar) b) collapse of first story (yield in column) and c)
collapse of first story (shear failure of column) As for a soft story with walls two types of failure mechanism
are observed in a frame with a wall a) bending (bending yield at wall bottom) and b) shear collapse of first
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story (shear failure) The failure mechanism of the frame with wall is predominant and therefore controls the
failure mechanism of the whole system (building)
(a) (b) (c)
Fig 1 Failure types of soft story building
(a) (b) Fig 2 Failure types of soft story with walls
Based on the above observed types of failure the following section illustrates the Model which is
considered in this study
MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE
The model considered in this study is shown in Fig 3 Continuous shear walls from the second to the top
story are modeled as equivalent one column as shown in Fig 3(a) and each mass represent the weight of
each floor Columns in the first story are modeled as two columns The total weight of the first story is
distributed into three masses and each mass of the first story is equivalent mass Beams in the first story
are modeled as a rigid element
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(a) Model for structure (b) Model for member
Fig 3 Model for structure and member
For the first story the shear and the axial springs are assumed to be elastic as shown in Fig 3(b) As for the
flexural spring the Takeda Model is applied For the second story and above the shear the axial and the
flexural springs are assumed to be linear Moreover the applied damping is proportional to the instant
stiffness of 5
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INPUT MOTIONS
The NS component of the record at the El Centro Hachinohe and Kobe were used as the input earthquake
motions in addition to four artificial waves (wg60 wg61 wg62 and wg63) Each record is normalized so
that the maximum velocity is 500 mmsec2 The Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) of each record is shown
in Table 1 and the response acceleration spectra for each of the seven input motions is shown in Fig 4
Table 1 PGA of each record
Record PGA (cmsec2)
El Centro NS 44812
Hachinohe NS 27791
Kobe NS 44405
Wg60 48430
Wg61 46733
Wg62 52292
Wg63 51004
983088983086983088 983088983086983093 983089983086983088 983089983086983093 983090983086983088 983090983086983093 983091983086983088
983088983086983088
983090983086983088
983092983086983088
983094983086983088
983096983086983088
983089983088983086983088
983089983090983086983088
983089983092983086983088
983089983094983086983088
983122
983141 983155 983152 983151 983150 983155 983141
983105
983139 983139 983141 983148 983141 983154 983137 983156 983145 983151 983150
983080 983149
983087 983155 983141 983139
983090 983081
983120983141983154983145983151983140 983080983155983141983139983081
983109983148 983107 983141983150983156983154983151 983118 983123
983112983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141 983118983123
983115983151983138983141 983118983123
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983089
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983090
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983091
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983092
Fig 4 Response acceleration spectrum for each input motion
METHOD FOR DERIVING THE FACTOR pα
The energy constant law as shown in fig 5 was considered when investigating the responses of soft first
story and total collapse mechanism buildings The assumed magnitude of external forces is based on anelastic response of 10G For strengths lower than 10G the building yields As a result and assuming
that the energy constant law is satisfied the shear strength coefficient Ds and ductility micro can be expressed
by Eq(4) given as
12
1
minus
=
micro s
D Eq(4)
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
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983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
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983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
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983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
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983089983086983093
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983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
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983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
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983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
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983159983143983094983091
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983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
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983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
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α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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story (shear failure) The failure mechanism of the frame with wall is predominant and therefore controls the
failure mechanism of the whole system (building)
(a) (b) (c)
Fig 1 Failure types of soft story building
(a) (b) Fig 2 Failure types of soft story with walls
Based on the above observed types of failure the following section illustrates the Model which is
considered in this study
MODEL FOR THE STRUCTURE
The model considered in this study is shown in Fig 3 Continuous shear walls from the second to the top
story are modeled as equivalent one column as shown in Fig 3(a) and each mass represent the weight of
each floor Columns in the first story are modeled as two columns The total weight of the first story is
distributed into three masses and each mass of the first story is equivalent mass Beams in the first story
are modeled as a rigid element
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983127983137983148983148
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983116983145983150983141983137983154 983155983152983154983145983150983143
983142983151983154 983155983144983141983137983154
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983109983148983137983155983156 983145983139 983138983141983144983137983158983145983151983154 983109983148983137983155983156 983145983139 983138983141983144983137983158983145983151983154
(a) Model for structure (b) Model for member
Fig 3 Model for structure and member
For the first story the shear and the axial springs are assumed to be elastic as shown in Fig 3(b) As for the
flexural spring the Takeda Model is applied For the second story and above the shear the axial and the
flexural springs are assumed to be linear Moreover the applied damping is proportional to the instant
stiffness of 5
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INPUT MOTIONS
The NS component of the record at the El Centro Hachinohe and Kobe were used as the input earthquake
motions in addition to four artificial waves (wg60 wg61 wg62 and wg63) Each record is normalized so
that the maximum velocity is 500 mmsec2 The Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) of each record is shown
in Table 1 and the response acceleration spectra for each of the seven input motions is shown in Fig 4
Table 1 PGA of each record
Record PGA (cmsec2)
El Centro NS 44812
Hachinohe NS 27791
Kobe NS 44405
Wg60 48430
Wg61 46733
Wg62 52292
Wg63 51004
983088983086983088 983088983086983093 983089983086983088 983089983086983093 983090983086983088 983090983086983093 983091983086983088
983088983086983088
983090983086983088
983092983086983088
983094983086983088
983096983086983088
983089983088983086983088
983089983090983086983088
983089983092983086983088
983089983094983086983088
983122
983141 983155 983152 983151 983150 983155 983141
983105
983139 983139 983141 983148 983141 983154 983137 983156 983145 983151 983150
983080 983149
983087 983155 983141 983139
983090 983081
983120983141983154983145983151983140 983080983155983141983139983081
983109983148 983107 983141983150983156983154983151 983118 983123
983112983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141 983118983123
983115983151983138983141 983118983123
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983089
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983090
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983091
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983092
Fig 4 Response acceleration spectrum for each input motion
METHOD FOR DERIVING THE FACTOR pα
The energy constant law as shown in fig 5 was considered when investigating the responses of soft first
story and total collapse mechanism buildings The assumed magnitude of external forces is based on anelastic response of 10G For strengths lower than 10G the building yields As a result and assuming
that the energy constant law is satisfied the shear strength coefficient Ds and ductility micro can be expressed
by Eq(4) given as
12
1
minus
=
micro s
D Eq(4)
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
983108983145983155983152983148983137983139983141983149983141983150983156 983154983137983156983145983151 983080 ∆983087 ∆983089983161
983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
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983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
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983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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INPUT MOTIONS
The NS component of the record at the El Centro Hachinohe and Kobe were used as the input earthquake
motions in addition to four artificial waves (wg60 wg61 wg62 and wg63) Each record is normalized so
that the maximum velocity is 500 mmsec2 The Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) of each record is shown
in Table 1 and the response acceleration spectra for each of the seven input motions is shown in Fig 4
Table 1 PGA of each record
Record PGA (cmsec2)
El Centro NS 44812
Hachinohe NS 27791
Kobe NS 44405
Wg60 48430
Wg61 46733
Wg62 52292
Wg63 51004
983088983086983088 983088983086983093 983089983086983088 983089983086983093 983090983086983088 983090983086983093 983091983086983088
983088983086983088
983090983086983088
983092983086983088
983094983086983088
983096983086983088
983089983088983086983088
983089983090983086983088
983089983092983086983088
983089983094983086983088
983122
983141 983155 983152 983151 983150 983155 983141
983105
983139 983139 983141 983148 983141 983154 983137 983156 983145 983151 983150
983080 983149
983087 983155 983141 983139
983090 983081
983120983141983154983145983151983140 983080983155983141983139983081
983109983148 983107 983141983150983156983154983151 983118 983123
983112983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141 983118983123
983115983151983138983141 983118983123
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983089
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983090
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983091
983105 983154983156983145983142983145983139983145983137983148 983127 983137983158983141 983092
Fig 4 Response acceleration spectrum for each input motion
METHOD FOR DERIVING THE FACTOR pα
The energy constant law as shown in fig 5 was considered when investigating the responses of soft first
story and total collapse mechanism buildings The assumed magnitude of external forces is based on anelastic response of 10G For strengths lower than 10G the building yields As a result and assuming
that the energy constant law is satisfied the shear strength coefficient Ds and ductility micro can be expressed
by Eq(4) given as
12
1
minus
=
micro s
D Eq(4)
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
983108983145983155983152983148983137983139983141983149983141983150983156 983154983137983156983145983151 983080 ∆983087 ∆983089983161
983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
983091983086983088
983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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Furthermore fig 5 shows the relationship between the strength and the deformation for a one-mass
system Assuming that the constant energy law is satisfied it can be shown for instance that the Work W(1)
= W(03) Also in cases where all stories yield in the same manner and the restoring force characteristics of
each story constitute a perfect elasto-plastic system the ductility of a one-mass system is identical to the
ductility of each story of multi-mass system
983088 983089 983090 983091 983092 983093 983094
983088983086983088
983088983086983093
983089983086983088
983119983150983141983085983149983137983155983155 983155983161983155983156983141983149
983127 983080983088983086983091983081
983127 983080983089983081
983080983088983086983091983081
983080983088983086983093983081
983080983089983081
∆983089983161
983123 983156 983154 983141 983150 983143 983156 983144
983080 983111 983081
983108983145983155983152983148983137983139983141983149983141983150983156 983154983137983156983145983151 983080 ∆983087 ∆983089983161
983081
Fig 5 Energy constant law
As for the factor pα it is determined so that the ductility factor micro for column sidesway building is equal
to the ductility factor micro for beam sidesway building It is assumed that the required internal work for both
types of buildings is the same and the distribution of external load and displacement is an inverted triangle
The weight and the height of each floor are the same for both types of building The structural
characteristic index is S
D for the soft first story building and S D for the total collapse building as shown
in Fig 6 Furthermore the hysteresis for the i-th floor is assumed as an elasto-plastic model and each
floor has the same stiffness for both buildings Hence the ratio of S
D to S D to obtain micro = micro can be
expressed by Eq (5)
S
S p
D
D
=α Eq(5)
By assuming n is the number of stories in the total collapse system m and h are the weight and height of
each story respectively and are equal for both types of collapses and yh θ sdot is the yield displacement
(story drift) and also by considering an inverted triangular distribution of the external force-deformation as
shown in Fig 7 the internal work for the total collapse system W in is expressed by Eq 6 given below
( )
( ) ( )1214
1
12
1
1
minussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot=sum=
μθ
θμθ
yS
n
i
y yS in
h Dmnn
h Dsmih DmiW Eq (6)
where Ds is the demand story shear coefficient defined in the 2001 Japanese Seismic Design Regulation
(C b for first story) and micro is the maximum ductility factor to assume a total collapse system The
displacement of each floor is described in Fig8
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
983091983086983088
983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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μ
983108983155
μ 991257
983108983155991257
(a) Total collapse system (b) Soft first story collapse
Fig 6 Total collapse system and soft first story collapse
As for the soft first story collapse system almost the whole deformation is concentrated at the first floor
hence the distribution shape shown in Fig 9 is considered It is assumed that the weight and height are
uniform in all stories and are the same as in the total collapse system Thus the internal work done by the
soft story is given by Eq (7)
( ) 1
2
1 yS yS h Dmnh Dmn θμθ sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdot Eq (7)
where
yh θ sdot is the story drift at yielding for soft first story collapse system Dsrsquo is calculated as Ds timesα p
and microrsquo is the maximum ductility factor assuming a soft first story collapse
Fig 7 External force-deformationdistribution for total collapse system
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
μ 983144θ983161
Fig 8 Restoring force characteristics ofrespective stories
The upper stories of the soft first story building are assumed elastic This elastic work with respect to the
total work changes depending on the capacity and stiffness of each floor Here the distribution shape is
assumed to be an inverted triangle as shown in Fig 10 As can be seen from the figure the upper stories
perform no work for α=00 and if α=10 upper stories can dissipate the same amount of energy as the first
story which is elastic Hence the elastic work of the i-th story is expressed by Eq 8 given as
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
983091983086983088
983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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)1(
2
1 yS h Dmin θα sdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdot Eq (8)
where α is the coefficient representing the rate of elastic work load contribution above the first story of the
soft first story building
Fig 9 External force-deformation distribution
of soft first story collapse system
弾性限界 α 983101983088 α 983101983089983088983100α 983100983089
Fig 10 Distribution shape
Accordingly the total internal work for a building with a soft story W inrsquo is expressed as
( )
( )
minus+sdotminussdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=
sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotminus+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdot+sdotsdotsdotsdotsdotsdot=summinus
2
11
4
1
12
1
2
1
1
μθ
θμθθα
α nh Dmn
h Dmnh Dmnh DmiW
yS
yS yS
n
i
yS in
Eq (9)
And as shown in Fig 11 below it assumed that the rigidity of each story in the total collapse system is thesame as for the soft first story collapse systems thus the following relationship given by Eq(10) can be
obtained
S
S
y
y
D
D
=
θ
θ Eq (10)
983145983149983108983155991257
983144θ983161
983145983149983108983155
983144θ983161
991257
α 983145983149983108983155991257
α 983144θ983161
991257 Fig 11 The relation between y and y
rsquo
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
983091983086983088
983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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Since the internal work for the total collapse and soft first story collapse systems is equal and using Eqs
(6) (9) and (10) Eq(11) for pα can be expressed as
( ) ( )( ) ( )1221
121
minus+sdotminus
minussdot+==
μ
μ
α α
n
n
D
D
S
S p
Eq (11)
Fig 12 shows pα for buildings up to 20 stories when 05== micro micro The value becomes larger as the total
height increases As can be seen from the figure a value pα for a 10 story building with a soft story is
equal to 19~23 This means that the required lateral load resistance of the soft first story collapse
system is about 19 to 23 times as large as that of the total collapse system when ductility is to be limited
to 50
983088 983093 983089983088 983089983093 983090983088
983089983086983088
983089983086983093
983090983086983088
983090983086983093
983091983086983088
983091983086983093
α
983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
α
建物階数
αの値 983088983086983088 983088983086983089 983088983086983090 983088983086983091 983088983086983092 983088983086983093 983088983086983094 983088983086983095 983088983086983096 983088983086983097 983089983086983088
Fig 12 The relationship between pα and the number of stories
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
The obtained results of the Ds- micro relationship for 14- 10- and 6-story buildings are shown in figs 13 14
and 15 respectively The scatter values present the results from the non-linear numerical analyses for the
seven input motions Plots presenting the variation of the coefficient α from 0 to 10 are drawn in the
figures Also the constant energy and constant displacement plots are included
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constant
displacement
983107 983151983150983155983156983137983150983156
983141983150983141983154983143983161
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983092983110
micro
Ds
Fig 13 D s-Ductility relationship for 14-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
20
Constantdisplacement
Constant
energy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141983150983156983154983151
983112983137983139983144 983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983089983088983110
micro
Ds
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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Fig 14 D s-Ductility relationship for 10-story
00 02 04 06 08 10 12 14 16
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
18
Constant
displacement
Constantenergy
983159983143983094983088
983159983143983094983089
983159983143983094983090
983159983143983094983091
983109983148 983107983141 983150983156983154983151
983112 983137983139983144983145983150983151983144983141
983115983151983138983141
α983101983089983086983088
α983101983088983086983088
983094983110
micro
Ds
Fig 15 D s-Ductility relationship for 6-story
For 14- and 10-story buildings for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 06 is obtained
from the non-linear numerical analyses as shown in figs 13 and 14 respectively For a value of 06 orgreater the response becomes small enough however for a value Ds of 04 the response is much greater
and gets close to a value of pα of about 10 requiring as a result a high ductility In the design of new
structural elements (columns) of soft first story building it is recommended therefore that a value of Ds of
06 or greater to be applied to avoid a soft first story collapse
On the other hand for a 6-story building and for ductility 06= micro a value of Ds equal or greater than 055
can be applied in the design of new structural elements (columns) of soft first story building to avoid a soft
first story collapse The result from the non-linear numerical analyses presenting the relationship ( Ds ndash micro )
is shown in fig 15
Furthermore fig 16 below summarizes the Ds-Deformation angle relationship for 6- 10- and 14-story Itcan be seen clearly that the deformation angle decreases as Ds increases
Finally fig 17 shows the relationship between the number of stories and α p x Ds for 6- 10- and 14-story
As shown earlier the value of the required lateral load factor α p x Ds is 055 for 6-story building and
increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or greater
04 05 06 07 08
000
002
004
006
008
010
012
014
016
D e f o r m a t i o n a n g l e ( R a d )
Ds
6F
10F 14F
Fig 16 D s -Deformation angle relationship for
6- 10- and 14-story
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0 5 10 15
025
030
035
040
045
050
055
060
065
070
075
080
983124983144983141983151983154983141983156983145983139983137983148 983148983145983150983141
983123 983145983149 983152983148983145983142983145983141983140 983148983145983150983141
α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12
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α
p
x D s
Number of Stories
Fig 17 Number of stories- α p x D s relationship
for 6- 10- and 14-story
CONCLUSIONS
A new seismic design procedure that could secure the structural safety of soft first story buildings during
severe earthquake motions by allowing column sideway mechanism at the first story has been proposed
A relationship between the required design strength of the soft first story and seismic response of ldquoPilotirdquo
buildings is clearly obtained by an analytical study
From the non-linear numerical analyses and for ductility 06= micro a required lateral load factor α p x Ds
equal to 055 is obtained for 6-story building and increases to a value of 060 for 10-story building or
greater
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Dr Kheir-eddine Ramdane expresses his appreciation to the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
(JSPS) for the two-year post-doctoral fellowship at the Building Research Institute Tsukuba JapanSpecial thankfulness is also extended to his colleagues at the BRI Dr Kusunoki Dr Teshigawara Mr
Kato Dr Fukuyama and Dr Fukuta for their uncountable assistance and support
REFERENCES
1 2001 Technical Guidelines for Building Structure (in Japanese) The Building Centre of Japan
2 Architectural Institute of Japan (1991) ldquoStandard for Structural Calculation of Reinforced Concrete
Structuresrdquo 19914
3 Housner GW (1952) ldquoIntensity of Earthquake Ground Shaking near the Causative Faultrdquo The
Third World Conference on Earthquake Engineering New Zealand 94-115
4 Otani S et al Analysis of the Full Scale Seven Story Reinforced Concrete Test StructureEarthquake Effects on Reinforced Concrete Structures US- Japan Research Publication SP-84
ACI pp 203-239 1985
5 Takeda T Mete A Sozen N Norby Nielsen (1970) ldquoReinforced Concrete Response to Simulated
Earthquakerdquo Journal of Structural Division Vol 96 ST 12