Quantitative evaluation of assessment methods in the 2007 Turkish earthquake code

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Turkey is located on a seismically active region and ranks high among all
countries that have suffered losses of life and property due to earthquakes over
many centuries. In addition, its building stock has usually poor construction
quality with seismically improper structural systems. These lead to a need for
rapid and reliable assessment and retrofit procedures.
In the 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code, a new chapter is included for
assessment and retrofit of existing buildings. The assessment procedures
proposed in the Code are classified as linear elastic and nonlinear procedures. An
engineer is allowed to choose one of these two procedures without any
restriction.
In this study, a research was undertaken in order to clarify the differences
between the seismic assessment procedures in the 2007 Turkish Earthquake
Code. For this purpose, two pairs of existing and retrofitted residential buildings
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were assessed according to the principles of both procedures proposed in the
2007 Turkish Earthquake Code. The assessment results were also compared with
the actual performance observations from a 5-storey building which suffered
damage during the 1999 Düzce earthquake. In addition, an anchorage design
methodology was developed for the exterior coupled shear wall retrofit solution,
and tested on a 6-storey case study building.
Keywords: 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code, assessment, retrofit, nonlinear
procedure, linear elastic procedure, global performance, acceptance criteria.

Ali Şengöz
Quantitative evaluation of assessment methods in the 2007 Turkish earthquake code · 2007 · 235 sayfa.
Danışman: Prof. Dr. Haluk Sucuoğlu
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