Evaluation of Scaling of Ground Motion Records Based on Seismic Design Standards and Regulations

Abstract

Today by increasing of earthquakes and population growth and development of building industry in city or country areas, building designing against applied loads especially earthquake load have regarded by engineers. Also for supplying of life and financial safety, buildings should have appropriate performance against applied loads. In this research work, influence of scaling of near-fault and far-fault records have been treated in 4 codes 2800 Iran, 4th edition, ASCE07, IBC 2006 and UBC 97 Simultaneously. In this study 3 buildings have been used in 4,7 and 10 stories as indicators of low-rise and mid-rise buildings. The results show that in low-rise and mid-rise buildings Iranian earthquake code scaling has stricter rules to other regulations. By increasing of stories in tall­-building (10 story) every four regulations has their own performance and could be maximum according to the kind and characteristic of earthquake (PGA, Mw). In fact, regulation of 2800 Iran, 4th edition, requires separated scaling rules for low-rise and mid-rise buildings. Drift ratio in ASCE07-10 has decreased %94 to 2800 Iran. Also this value for IBC2006 %93 and for UBC %89 has decreased.

Keywords

• scaling
• nonlinear time history analysis
• drift ratio
• near-fault and far-fault earthquake