Özet:

Despite the changes and updates made in the Seismic Codes, it is obvious that the loss of life and property in the occurring earthquakes did not decrease to the desired extent. One of the most important reasons for this is that adequate and quality engineering services cannot be provided in the design of buildings. This is mostly due to complex calculation methods of the Seismic Codes. In this respect, some limit conditions are specified for the design of the cross-sectional dimensions of the structural system elements of regular buildings with shear walled-framed in Turkish Building Seismic Code. In these relations, the smallest cross-sectional dimensions are obtained to provide sufficient axial pressure and shear force resistance of the load-carrier system and its elements. However, seismic performance of buildings are not mentioned in these design rules. In this study, the seismic performance and structural behaviour of the buildings were evaluated by considering the column and shear wall cross-section dimensions. The compatibility of the buildings designed according to the proposed design rules with seismic performance has been investigated. When the analytical results obtained are evaluated, it can be stated that the design rules specified in TSC can be generally sufficient for the building performance and structural behaviour.

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