Evaluación de desempeño, dañó y vida útil de la estructura de hormigón armado del edificio de la cruz roja del cantón portoviejo

Abstract

A structural analysis is required when a structure is affected by a seismic movement in order to know the level of damage and determine if it meets the Seismic Performance Levels stipulated in the Codes. This is the case of the Ecuadorian Red Cross building, which after the earthquake of April 16, 2016, its structure was affected. A digital model was made in the ETABS program in which all the Reinforced Concrete elements found in the building were entered, then the Modal Push-Over analysis was carried out, the result was verified and the performance of the structure was found, in addition makes a comparison of results creating another digital model but this time with a steel of 4200 kg/cm^2 and its influence on the graph of the capacity curve. The Seismic Performance Level for the entered spectrum is beyond collapse, so strong damage can be anticipated in the face of these earthquakes.