Examination on the contribution of Turkey’s building stock future by the regulation of structural joint problems in reinforced concrete buildings according to 2018 Turkish Building Earthquake Code

Abstract

Turkey is an earthquake country due to its geological location. Our existing structures are frequently exposed to earthquakes. These exposures cause buildings to become unusable before they reach the end of their useful life and cause great loss of life. Torsional irregularity should be avoided when designing the framed structure. In reinforced concrete buildings, the structural system should be designed in such a way that hyper static behavior can be effective under earthquake effects. When the behavior in question is valid, some structural system members will not be exposed to forces beyond their strength under the effects of earthquakes and loads will be shared by other carrier system members. With the Turkish Building Earthquake Code 2018 article 3A3.2 (a), it is recommended to design framed structure without making structural joints by preventing irregularities. In this study, jointed and jointless analyzes of a 10-storey reinforced concrete building were made. According to the jointed and jointless conditions of the building, its behavior under the effects of earthquakes and its damages were investigated.