Abstract:

The new Turkish Earthquake Code adopted in 2019, was developed to minimize the gap between the application and the current level of knowledge in the field and to respond to ever-growing need in the application of new design methods and design different type of structures. Especially, the problems experienced due to varying ground responses to the earthquakes is more realistically addressed with the introduction of the already applied approaches in different foreign earthquake codes. Within this context, in the study, the influence of the newly introduced ground types and related parameters over the design of new structures is investigated. For that purpose, sample structures are gathered, and these structures are adopted to each ground type by modification of its vertical structural members and the change in the dimensions of vertical members, amount of reinforcement and the roof drifts of the modified structures are monitored. Consequently, the overall influence of the new ground parameters over the structural design is investigated. As the main result of this study, the studied parameters are determined to be one of the influential factors in the design and have strong influence potential for the designers, investors and the authorities in the industry.

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