Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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6772778 | Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering | 2013 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
This study presents field observations of damages on reinforced concrete buildings due to the consecutive earthquakes that occurred in Van, Turkey. Damages appearing in the buildings may occur due to several reasons such as site effect, poor construction quality, poor concrete strength, poor detailing in beam-column joints, detailing of stronger beam than column, soft stories, weak stories, inadequate reinforcement, short lap splices, incorrect end hook angle, and short columns. Aftershocks also caused progressive damages on the buildings within 17 days after the earthquakes. According to the results of this study, most of the damaged buildings were not designed and constructed according to the Turkish earthquake code, the so-called Specification for Buildings to be built in Seismic Zones.
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Authors
Sevket Ates, Volkan Kahya, Muhammet Yurdakul, Suleyman Adanur,