Journal
BULLETIN OF EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING
Volume 14, Issue 10, Pages 2705-2730Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10518-016-9920-9
Keywords
Lebanon; Beirut; RC buildings; Ambient vibration; Dynamic parameters; Soil type; Fundamental period/frequency; Damping; Seismic code
Funding
- Libris research program (ANR RiskNat) [2009-006]
- IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement)
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Resonance period is a key parameter in the seismic design of a structure, thus dynamic parameters of buildings in Beirut (Lebanon) were investigated based on ambient vibration method for risk and vulnerability assessment. Lebanon is facing high seismic hazard due to its major faults, combined to a high seismic risk caused by dense urbanization in addition to the lack of a seismic design code implementation. For this study, ambient vibration recordings have been performed on 330 RC buildings, period parameters extracted and statistically analyzed to identify correlations with physical building parameters (height, horizontal dimensions, age) and site characteristics (rock sites or soft sites). The study shows that (1) the building height or number of floors (N) is the primary statistically robust parameter for the estimation of the fundamental period T; (2) the correlation between T and N is linear and site dependent: T ae N/23 for rock sites and N/18 for soft sites; (3) the measured damping is inversely proportional to the period: the taller the building the lower is the damping; (4) a significant overestimation of the period exists in current building codes. However part of the large discrepancy with building code recommendations may be due to the very low level of loading.
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