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International Journal of Modern Engineering Research (IJMER) Vol. 3, Issue. 5, Sep - Oct. 2013 pp-3071-3078 ISSN: 2249-6645

Anartificial Neural Network for Prediction of Seismic Behavior in RC Buildings with and Without Infill Walls 1

Mohammad ParsaeiMaram, 1Dr. K Rama Mohan Rao2, Ali Poursalehi3

Master of Technology in Structural EngineeringDepartment of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal NehruTechnological University, Hyderabad– 500085, India 2 Professor & Director. BICSDepartment of Civil Engineering, Jawaharlal NehruTechnological University, Hyderabad– 500085, India 3 Master of Computer ScienceDepartment of Mathematics, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India

ABSTRAC:In this study the influence of masonry infill walls on the seismicbehavior of RC frames with help of ETABS software were studied.Pushover analysis on buildings with five, seven, nine and eleven storey with symmetrical in the plan was carried out.And trial model with thirteenstorey was created for testing in ArtificialNeural Network (ANN).Each structure was modeled in two different types, such as RC bare frame and RC frame with masonry infill walls.In the present paper infill walls are modeled as equivalent diagonal strut. In this type of molding infill wall behaves like compression strut, as suggested in FEMA 365, 2000. Nonlinear analysis in according with IS1893, 2002 code is realized to sketch pushover curves and results at Immediate Occupancy, Life Safety and Collapse Prevention onperformances level were determined. Thisstudy reports seismic behavior of RC building due to increase height of the buildings.For this purpose, one of the significantly techniques, Artificial Neural Network(ANN), was used.Result of this study using ANNis used for prediction of seismicbehavior of structures.The trial model with thirteen storey was modeled by ETABS to compare with result of ANN.

KEY WORRDS:Nonlinear analysis, Masonry infill, Equivalent diagonal strut, ArtificialNeural Networks. I.

INTRODUCTION

Motivation of this study is assessment of vulnerability of the building with and without unreinforcedmasonry infill walls. And behavior of a thirteen storey building is predicted by Artificial Neural Network (ANN) technique. ANN is a branch of artificial intelligence which attempt to mimic the behavior of the human brain and nerves system. A neural network can be considered as a black box that is able to predict an output pattern when it recognizes a given input pattern. Neural networks are able to detect similarities in input, even though a particular input may never have been seen previously. This property allows for excellent interpolation capabilities, especially when the input data is noisy[1]. It is estimate that, effect of infill walls is important on the building performance, but structural engineers, during the design process, ignore the effect of infill wall in the structural analysis. According to the FEMA guideline the masonry unreinforced infill walls have a significant effect on the stiffness of building [2].In this study advantages and disadvantages of infill walls will be investigated. Masonry infill walls are frequently used as interior partitions and architectural elements.In the design and assessment of the building infill walls are usuallytreated as non-structural elements and the presence of infill walls are usually neglected in conventional design because they are assumed to be beneficial to the structural responses. Therefore, their influences on the structural response are generally ignored. However, their stiffness and strength are not negligible, and they will interact with the boundary frame when the structure is subjected to ground motion. This interaction may or may not be beneficial to the performance of the structure and it has been a topic of much debate in the last few decades. [3].

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DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURAL MODEL

2-1 Building Models In this studysymmetrical floor plans layout of 3D reinforced concrete residential building with moment resisting RC frames was selected as shown in fig 1. Thebuildings consist of five, seven, nine and eleven, but the plan was unaltered to avoid any irregularity effects. Buildingsare located inseismic zone IV, and soil profile type was assumed to be medium. Response reduction factor for the special moment resisting frame has taken as 5.All the four models are designed and analyzed as per IS456, 2000. Further inputs include unit weight of the concrete is 25 KN/m 3, elastic modulus of concrete is 25*106 KN/m2, compressive strength of concrete is 25 N/mm2 (M25), yield strength of steel is 415 N/mm2 (Fe 415),elastic modulus of steel is 2*108KN/mm2. The loading of building was assumed to be dead load 5.5 KN/m2, live load 2.0 KN/m2, and weight of floor finishes is 1 KN/m2. Percentage of imposed load to be considered in seismic weight calculation 25.The support condition of columns was assumed to be fixed at ground level. All columns and beams had different dimensions in height, dimension of columns vary between 0.40*0.40 m and 0.50*0.50 m , dimension of beam vary between 0.40*0.30 m and 0.30*0.30 m and thickness of slab is 0.15m. finally the example structure used in this study are following as shown in fig1 to 9. 1. Fivestorey with two models: - Model 1-0: Bare frame. - Model 1-1: RC frame with brick masonry infill. 2. Sevenstorey with two models: - Model 2-0: Bare frame. - Model 2-1: RC frame with brick masonry infill. www.ijmer.com

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