RC Building Damage Statistics and SDF Response with Design Seismic Forces

This paper introduces the damage statistics of reinforced concrete buildings after the 1985 Mexico earthquake, the 1990 Ruzon (Philippines) earthquake, the 1992 Erzincan (Turkey) earthquake, and the 1995 Hyogo-ken Nanbu (Kobe) earthquake. These data were obtained in severely damaged areas in each earthquake through the inventory damage investigation of the Architectural Institute of Japan teams. The damage statistics indicated severer damage in taller buildings and significantly less damage in low-rise buildings. A series of nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom systems having minimum code required lateral resistance were analyzed using the earthquake motions recorded near the area of damage survey. Contrary to the statistics, the nonlinear response analysis results showed higher ductility demand (damage) in lower buildings.