Title: SP-339-01: Performance-Based Seismic Design of the Tocumen Airport Terminal 2

Author(s): Xiaonian Duan, Andrea Soligon, Jeng Neo, and Anindya Dutta

Publication: Symposium Paper

Volume: 339

Issue:

Appears on pages(s): 1-21

Keywords: nonlinear pushover analysis, nonlinear response history analysis, performance assessment, performance-based seismic design, Tocumen Terminal 2

DOI: 10.14359/51724689

Date: 3/1/2020

Abstract:
The new Terminal 2 at the Tocumen International Airport in Panama, currently essentially completed, will increase the airport’s capacity to 25 million passengers per year. It has a doubly curved steel roof supported on reinforced concrete columns. The gravity force-resisting systems in the superstructure include long span precast and prestressed double tee decks, topped with cast-in-place concrete diaphragms and supported on a combination of unbonded post-tensioned girders and special reinforced concrete moment frame beams. The seismic force-resisting system includes special reinforced concrete moment frames and perimeter columns, special reinforced concrete shear walls and diaphragms, all detailed in accordance with ACI 318. Located in a region of moderately high seismic hazard, the building is classified as an essential facility and requires a non-conventional seismic design approach to maintain operational continuity and to protect life. Adopting the performance-based seismic design methodology and the capacity design principle, the structural engineering team designed an innovative reinforcement detail for developing ductile hinges at the top of the reinforced concrete columns to protect the structural steel roof which is designed to remain essentially elastic under MCE shaking. The structural engineering team’s design has been reviewed by internationally recognized experts and three independent peer review teams.