Author(s)

A. E. Hassaballa¹, Fathelrahman Mohammed Adam^1,2, M. A. Ismaeil^3,4

¹Department of Civil Engineering, Jazan University, Jazan, KSA.
²Nile Valley University, Atbara, Sudan.
³Department of Civil Engineering, King Khalid University, Abha, KSA.
⁴Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan.

Jazan area is located in the most active seismic zone region of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where there is a complicated geological structures and tectonics. This project reviews the seismic activities occurred in Jazan area together with reviewing the Saudi Building (Seismic) Code (SBC-301-2007) [1]. A multi-story reinforced concrete building, in Jazan city, was seismically analyzed using the Equivalent Lateral Force Procedure with the aid of STAAD PRO software. The building, which was Ordinary Reinforced Concrete Moment Resisting Frame (ORCMRF), was analyzed in compliance with the provisions of (SBC-301-2007) [1]. The most important parameters governing the analysis of this frame were dead load, live load and seismic loads. Seismic loads were computed as pairs of accelerations versus times. The damping ratio was taken as 0.05 (5% of the critical damping). The ground accelerations versus time periods were calculated using SBC-301-2007 together with parameters necessary to be used as input data for the program to calculate the seismic parameters, i.e., reactions, displacements, base shear, bending moments, shearing forces, drifts. The obtained results show effects of earthquake ground motions on building studied herein are so greater for the higher increases of the values of outputs resulting from seismic loads comparing to that due to static load only. Finally, the results obtained, clearly, show the importance of taking the Saudi seismic code provisions into account when analyzing and designing multi-story buildings in Jazan area.

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Strengthening, Saudi Building Code (SBC), SAP2000, Seismic Forces

Hassaballa, A. , Adam, F. and Ismaeil, M. (2017) Seismic Analysis of a Ten-Storey Reinforced Concrete Building in Jazan Area, KSA. Open Journal of Civil Engineering, 7, 252-266. doi: 10.4236/ojce.2017.72016.