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Low and mid-rise reinforced concrete (RC) buildings consist of an important portion of the building stock in many earthquake prone countries. Therefore understanding their seismic behaviour is important for mitigation studies. This study aims to evaluate how much and when; seismic code, number of stories, concrete strength, amount of transverse reinforcement and infill-wall contribution parameters are important for seismic performances of RC buildings. Seismic performances of the models reflecting different cases are determined for different performance levels and seismic loading conditions. Based on the considered values of the parameters, it is concluded that: modern code specifications and higher transverse reinforcement 50%, the concrete strength up to 66%, infill-walls 15% and number of story 55% increase the seismic performance for life safety level. Evaluations on the effect of the considered parameters for different performance levels and seismic loadings in relation with other parameters are also given in this paper.
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The authors thank the Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under Project No:107M569 and support of Pamukkale University Research Fund Unit (PAU-BAP) under Project No: 2008FBE005, 2010FBE098 and 2010FBE099 for support.
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OZMEN, H.B., INEL, M. & MERAL, E. Evaluation of the main parameters affecting seismic performance of the RC buildings. Sadhana 39, 437–450 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12046-014-0235-8
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