Seismic Behavior of IUM Conference Building under the Impact of Seismic Loads

Abstract

Abstract: For the buildings of importance, it is essential to focus attention on knowing the behavior of these buildings towards resisting wind loads and seismic loads and finding the stresses resulting from this resistance to make a reliable design that guarantees the safety of these buildings. In this paper, a "conference building" located at Islamic University in Madinah region has been studied under the impact of seismic load. It has been analyzed to ensure its ability to resist seismic load stably. Al-Madinah region is located between two seismic zones (0 and 1) as stated in the Saudi Arabia zonation map which has factors of 0.05g and 0.075g respectively. According to that, the structure was checked for a higher seismic zone (zone 2A) of a Peak Ground-Acceleration (PGA) of 0.15g and this was done according to Eurocode-8 (EC8) requirements and the analysis was carried out manually and by using SAP2000. According to the results obtained using the shear wall system, the building had exhibited very high stability against seismic load by more than three times against sliding and 24 times against overturning. The building’s elements were designed and the selected sections have been found suitable for exerting good performance.