EVALUATION OF TOTAL SEISMIC COST FOR LONG LIFE STRUCTURAL SYSTEM

Abstract

The structural system of long life reinforced concrete buildings should be selected as the total cost of the construction cost and the seismic damage cost will be minimum. We investigated the most suitable structural system of long life reinforced concrete buildings by using the total seismic cost index for the two case, which are the 100 years used period and the 200〜300years. The results make us clear that the order of suitable structural system of long life reinforced concrete buildings is that the first structural system is the base isolation system, the second one is the seismic response control system, and the last one is the ordinary system.