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MINI SESSION: Colombian Seismic Code

Sunday, November 3, 2024 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM, 502

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Study of Intermediate Structural Wall Based on Colombian Seismic Code

Presented By: Juan Correal Daza
Affiliation: Universidad de Los Andes
Description: Colombia is perhaps the only country in the world that includes in its Seismic Resistance Construction Regulation (NSR-10) requirements for the seismic design of Intermediate structural concrete walls with moderate energy dissipation capacity (in Spanish DMO). These design requirements have been in place since the 1998 version of the Regulation and were established to ensure an adequate seismic resistant design for areas of intermediate seismic hazard, where around 47% of the country's population lives. Additionally, this system is one of the most used in the country, as about 50% of residential buildings over 6 stories have been built with reinforced concrete walls. Based on the above and considering that to date there have been no earthquakes of considerable magnitudes in areas of intermediate seismic risk in Colombia, the Research Center in Materials and Civil Works (CIMOC) of the Universidad de Los Andes and ESTRENAR VIVIENDA (Group of Construction Companies), for the first time in the country, developed a research aimed at evaluating the seismic behavior of buildings with DMO structural wall systems and to determine if the requirements of the NSR-10 are adequate. For this unprecedented research in Colombia, it was decided to use the methodology established by the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA P695. It involved conducting tests on walls at full scale simulating multiple floors in height, as well as the development of computational models of buildings that allow for incremental dynamic analysis to establish whether the seismic performance of the system meets the target performance levels of the seismic-resistant design set by the NSR-10.

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