Lecture # 18
• DEMERITS
– Cannot resist earthquakes in vertical direction.
– Allowance/Chances for building overturning .
– Skilled labour required
– Difficult to placed where the terrain is uneven
From LDA
25
25
All beams = 400x600, column internal
50
=500x500, external column = 450x450
50 except column adjacent to BRB 500x500
upto 3rd floor and braces are used at
75
peripheral frame only sizes of brace
100 from base to 3F dia 50mmRemaining dia
25mm
BRB-Frame-II
25 25 25 50 50 50
25
25
25
All beams = 400x600, column internal
50 =500x500, external column = 450x450
and braces are used at peripheral frame
50
only sizes of brace from base to 3F dia
50 50mmRemaining dia 25mm
Results and Findings
0
-600 -500 -400 -300 -200 -100 0
Results and Findings
Story Drift in X Direction
6
SMRF-X
5 BRB-IX
BRB-IIX
4
1
0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02
Results and Findings
Story Drift in Y Direction
6
SMRF-X
5 BRB-IX
BRB-IIX
4
1
0 0.005 0.01 0.015 0.02