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Correlation Between Ground Motion Parameters and Structural Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings

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The present study investigates the correlation between several seismic parameters and structural responses of reinforced concrete buildings. A large number of ground motion parameters including magnitude and epicentral distance are extracted from 61 near-field earthquake records. A first correlation is made between all the seismic parameters. A 3D model of two reinforced concrete buildings of five and ten stories is developed, and Nonlinear Time History analysis is performed for all ground motion records. The performance of buildings is expressed in terms of interstory drift ratios, roof drift and base shear forces. Relationships between base shear and ground motion parameters are evaluated with coefficient of determination. Correlations studies between seismic parameters, interstory drift ratios, and roof drifts are calculated using Pearson and Spearman correlation coefficients. The correlation between base shear and acceleration parameters, roof drift and PGA reveals high determination coefficients. On the other hand, the maximum interstory drift ratio is weakly related to seismic parameters for both buildings. The results also showed that maximum interstory drift ratio and roof drift are relatively well correlated with some acceleration ground motion parameters according to Spearman coefficient.

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This work was partially supported by Civil Engineering Faculty-USTHB. We would like to thank the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Center strong motion database for providing the earthquake data used in this study. The anonymous reviewers are thanked for their helpful comments.

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  1. LBE Laboratory, Civil Engineering Faculty, University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, BP32 El Alia, Bab Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria

    Amina Chebihi & Saida Dorbani

  2. CGS, National Center of Applied Research in Earthquake Engineering, 01 Rue Kaddour Rahim BP. 252, Hussein-Dey, Algiers, Algeria

    Nasser Laouami

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Chebihi, A., Dorbani, S. & Laouami, N. Correlation Between Ground Motion Parameters and Structural Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings. Arab J Sci Eng 49, 4905–4927 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13369-023-08274-x

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