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    The document compares the design spectra recommended by the Algerian seismic code (RPA99), Eurocode 8, and the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC97). It finds that while the codes define different soil types based on shear wave velocity, the classifications are generally comparable. The codes also take different approaches to defining site factors to adjust the design spectra based on soil type. A key difference is that RPA99 classifies soils based on shear wave velocity to depths of 10-20 meters, while Eurocode 8 and UBC97 use a 30 meter depth. The study aims to investigate how these differences impact the dynamic analysis and seismic design of a 10-story building located on various soil types.

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    The document compares the design spectra recommended by the Algerian seismic code (RPA99), Eurocode 8, and the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC97). It finds that while the codes define different soil types based on shear wave velocity, the classifications are generally comparable. The codes also take different approaches to defining site factors to adjust the design spectra based on soil type. A key difference is that RPA99 classifies soils based on shear wave velocity to depths of 10-20 meters, while Eurocode 8 and UBC97 use a 30 meter depth. The study aims to investigate how these differences impact the dynamic analysis and seismic design of a 10-story building located on various soil types.

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    The document compares the design spectra recommended by the Algerian seismic code (RPA99), Eurocode 8, and the 1997 Uniform Building Code (UBC97). It finds that while the codes define different soil types based on shear wave velocity, the classifications are generally comparable. The codes also take different approaches to defining site factors to adjust the design spectra based on soil type. A key difference is that RPA99 classifies soils based on shear wave velocity to depths of 10-20 meters, while Eurocode 8 and UBC97 use a 30 meter depth. The study aims to investigate how these differences impact the dynamic analysis and seismic design of a 10-story building located on various soil types.

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    COMPARATIVE SEISMIC STUDY BETWEEN ALGERIAN CODE

    (RPA99), EUROPEAN CODE (EC8) AND AMERICAN CODE (UBC97)


    Amina CHEBIHI1 and Nasser LAOUAMI2

    ABSTRACT

    Earthquake codes have been performed on the design spectra. In this paper, the design spectra
    recommended by Algerian Code, Uniform Building Code 97, and Eurocode 8, are considered for
    comparison. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the differences caused by the use of
    different codes in the dynamic analysis and seismic verification of a 10 story building located at code
    defined different sites. The differences in expressions and some important points for elastic and
    inelastic spectra defined by the codes are briefly illustrated in tables and figures. Base shears, lateral
    displacements of floors for the analyzed building located at code defined ground type are
    comparatively presented.

    INTRODUCTION

    The first version of the Algerian seismic code which calls “Algerian earthquake resistant regulations”,
    was RPA 81, it was modified to RPA88, and then to RPA99. Unfortunately, the May 21st 2003
    destructive Boumerdes earthquake (Mw = 6.8) occurred in Algeria, and resulted in more than 2.000
    caused deaths and 11.000 injuries. More than 100.000 buildings were heavily damaged and some
    13.300 others totally collapsed. All these results led to a partial revision of the RPA99 which became
    RPA99 version 2003.
    It has become recognized that the local site conditions have a very important role on the
    response of structures. The soil and rock at a site have specific characteristics that can significantly
    amplify the incoming earthquake motions traveling from the earthquake source. The importance of
    local site conditions was recognized in the 1960s by the influence of ground motions on midheight
    buildings in the Caracas, Venezuela earthquake. For buildings of about the same height with similar
    construction, it was observed that such buildings founded on deep soils were more damaged than the
    similar buildings founded on rock. The seismic codes take into account site effects by introducing
    different categories of sites. The Uniform Building Code (UBC) acknowledged the importance of local
    site effects and the concept of a “Soil Factor” was added to the lateral force design procedure in the
    1976 edition of the UBC, and after many changes were made in defining soil factor and soil types, the
    last version defines six soil types.
    The Eurocode8 defines five main types of soil and two special types with a soil factor “S” for
    each type, whereas RPA99/2003 considers four types S1, S2, S3 and S4 without soil factor. The site
    classification system is based on definitions of mean shear waves velocity, standard penetration test,

    1
    Assistant, Laboratoire du bâti dans l’environnement FGC. USTHB, Algiers, [email protected]
    2
    Research director, Centre national de recherches appliquées en génie parasismique, Algiers, nlaouami@cgs-
    dz.org
    unconfined compression test, and relative density. Borcherdt (1994), recommended shear wave
    velocity VS−30 as a mean of classifying sites for building codes. Boore et al. (1994) indicate that the
    ideal parameter would be the average shear-wave velocity to a depth of one-quarter wavelength for the
    period of interest, as was used by Joyner and Fumal (1984). By the quarter-wavelength rule, 30m is
    the appropriate depth for period of 0.16 s for stiff soil and period values tend to increase as the soil
    gets softer (Boore et al., 1994). It should be noted that code defined spectra depending on ground types
    are provided only for cases where the 30m of soil immediately below the site dominates the frequency
    content of the design motions.
    Table 1 shows the different soil types with shear wave velocity defined in the three codes and
    the values of site factor “S” for spectra type 1 and type 2 of EC8.

    Table 1. Ground types defined in EC8, UBC97 and RPA99/2003

    Eurocode 8 UBC 97 RPA 99/2003

    Type 1 Type 2 Soil type A : Soil type 1 :


    Soil type A: Vs,30≥1500 m/s Vs≥800 m/s
    Vs,30>800 m/s S=1 S=1

    Soil type B: Soil type 2 :


    Soil type B : 760 ≤Vs,30<1500m/s 400 ≤Vs<800m/s
    S=1.2 S=1.35
    360<Vs,30<800 m/s

    Soil type C : Soil type C: Soil type 3 :


    180<Vs,30<360 m/s S=1.15 S=1.5 360 ≤Vs,30<760m/s 200≤Vs<400 m/s

    Soil type D : Soil type D: Soil type 4 :


    Vs,30< 180 m/s S=1.35 S=1.8 180 ≤Vs,30<360m/s 100≤Vs<200 m/s

    Soil type E: Soil type E:


    A soil profile Vs,30<180m/s
    consisting of a surface
    alluvium layer with
    Vs,30 values of class C Soil type F:
    S=1.4 S=1.6
    or D and thick-ness Soils Requiring Site-
    varying between about Specific Evaluation
    5 and 20 m, underlain
    by stiffer material with
    Vs,30 >800 m/s

    As seen from Table 1, shear wave velocities for EC8 and UBC97 are taken for a depth of 30 m,
    whereas for RPA, the depth is 10 to 20 first meters.
    Soil types of UBC used in this study are B-C-D-E because these sites are characterized by shear
    wave velocities close to those of RPA(S1-S2-S3-S4) and EC8(A-B-C-D).

    Elastic and inelastic response and design spectra

    The response spectrum is an important parameter in the seismic code. The earthquake induced ground
    shaking is generally represented in the form of acceleration response spectra or displacement response
    spectra. Earthquake parameters such as soil condition, epicentral distance, magnitude, duration, and
    source characteristics influence the shape and amplitudes of response spectra. While the effects of
    some parameters may be studied independently, the influences of several factors are interrelated and
    cannot be discussed individually. Ambraseys et al. (1996) and Bommer and Acevedo (2004) presented
    and discussed the effects of earthquake magnitude, source-to-site distance, site classification, and
    style-of faulting on the strong-motion accelerograms and consequently response spectra. As known,
    the damping ratio and structural vibration period are other parameters affecting the response spectra.
    In all current seismic codes, the earthquake actions are represented in the form of a spectrum of
    absolute acceleration.

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