Seismic Performance Evaluation of Existing Building in Earthquake Prone Area Based on Seismic Index and Seismic Demand Method

Abstract

Padang is the capital of West Sumatra Province, close to three earthquake sources such as the Megathrust Zone, the Mentawai Fault, and the Great Sumatra Fault on the mainland. Due to the fact that the impact of the earthquake can create a tsunami event in the future, the government needs to prepare shelters for vertical evacuation. About 65 existing buildings have been selected as vertical evacuation buildings, but there is no clear information on their seismic performance. This research proposes a complete assessment of the existing RC building by considering soil characteristics such as the predominant period and Vs30 from microtremor observations. A selected 3 stories of a school building located in the earthquake red zone (Vs30 < 150m/s and predominant period T > 1.5s), less than 1 Km far from the shoreline, was considered in this paper. Based on the seismic index evaluation of the building, the X direction is smaller than the seismic demand (0.8) for the first and second floors (unsatisfactory). For the first, second and third floor, the Y direction has a larger seismic index than the seismic demand. Therefore, the performance is satisfactory for the first to the third story. Based on the required inspection, the building is unsatisfactory for the X-direction. Therefore, it needs to be strengthened. We propose a re-size of the RC for the building column to improve the ductility. The proposed size for the column is 50 x 60 cm. From the re-seismic evaluation, a satisfactory seismic index for the X and Y direction can be obtained.