A TRIAL STRUCTURAL DESIGN OF A SEVEN-STORIED STEEL APARTMENT BUILDING RESISTANT TO THE MAXIMUM SEISMIC ACCELERATION EXPERIENCED IN THE 1995 HYOGOKEN-NANBU EARTHQUAKE

Abstract

In the 1995 Hyogoken-Nanbu Earthquake, the maximum seismic acceleration 818cm/s^2 was experienced, which is about 2.5 times the value supposed in the past aseismic designs. This paper reports a trial structural design of a sevenstoried apartment building resistant to the acceleration. A steel framed structure stiffened with PC walls is adopted from the aseismic view point. Results of elastic-plastic seismic response analyses are shown to demonstrate that the structure can resist the acceleration.