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- MakaleAçık Erişim2026Scopus SJRQ1Failure of a Code-Compliant Reinforced Concrete Building: Damage Patterns and Nonlinear Seismic Response
Onat, Onur; Karaşin, İbrahim Baran; Yön, Burak; Varolgüneş, Sadık; Öncü, Mehmet Emin; Uslu, Ali
This study investigates the seismic performance limitations of a newly constructed reinforced concrete building that collapsed during the 6 February 2023 Kahramanmaraş–Elbistan earthquake despite formal compliance with current seismic design requirements. Beyond the specific earthquake event, the study addresses a broader scientific problem: the limited understanding of the relationship between observed damage mechanisms and nonlinear dynamic response in mid-rise reinforced concrete buildings. The first part classifies recurring structural and non-structural damage patterns identified in newly constructed RC residences. The second part presents a nonlinear fiber-based static and dynamic analysis of a collapsed mid-rise building. Nonlinear dynamic analyses were conducted using ground motion records scaled to match the site-specific elastic design spectrum defined by TBDY 2018, corresponding to predefined seismic performance levels rather than an incremental dynamic analysis framework. The results indicate that an extremely low shear wall–to–floor area ratio (0.0357%) combined with asymmetric vertical element distribution significantly amplified torsional response and local shear demands. Nonlinear dynamic analyses showed that critical shear walls exceeded Collapse Prevention limits under DD2-level excitation, while system-level shear contribution limits remained within code-defined thresholds. Dynamic base shear demand corresponded to approximately 30% of the maximum nonlinear capacity obtained from pushover analysis, indicating that localized member failure rather than global strength deficiency governed the collapse mechanism. The analytically identified critical members were consistent with the observed collapse configuration, particularly at the soft ground story. The findings demonstrate that prescriptive code compliance alone may not ensure satisfactory seismic performance when structural irregularities, torsional amplification, and detailing deficiencies coexist. The results are consistent with damage patterns reported in other recent destructive earthquakes and contribute to improving the understanding of collapse mechanisms in code-compliant RC buildings.
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İncele - MakaleYalnız künye2018Scopus SJRQ1Assessment of the combined in-plane and out-of-plane behavior of brick infill walls within reinforced concrete frames under seismic loading
Onat, Onur; Correia, António A.; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Koçak, Ali
Understanding the out-of-plane response of masonry infill walls and preventing their progressive collapse mechanisms is very important for earthquake-prone countries to prevent loss of life and economic loss. In fact, having a realistic collapse mechanism assessment allows suitable prevention measures to be adopted. With this purpose in mind, two full-scale one-bay one-story substructures of reinforced concrete frames (RCF) with infill walls were tested on a shake table. These 2 specimens were designed to represent the response of a typical RC Frame at the fifth floor of an 8-story building, namely the out-of-plane failure of its infill wall under combined bidirectional seismic load. Both specimens were composed of a single-leaf clay brick infill wall surrounded by the RC Frame. However, while the first specimen corresponds to an unreinforced masonry configuration, the second specimen includes horizontal bed joint reinforcement as a strengthening/retrofitting technique. The main novelty of this study is the application of a bidirectional and simultaneous dynamic loading to the specimen, such that in-plane and out-of-plane effects are evaluated together. This work presents several interesting experimental results, with particular emphasis on the bearing capacity of the specimens against out-of-plane failure. As expected, the in-plane capacity of the reinforced infill specimen is larger than that of the unreinforced infill specimen. Nevertheless, the out-of-plane bearing capacities of the two specimens are very similar, in contrast to their ductility capacity, which is significantly increased in the reinforced masonry specimen. The capacities of the two specimens for both in-plane and out-of-plane directions, as predicted by formulations in the literature, are given. The differences found between these calculations and the results of the tests are discussed, and may possibly be explained by the parameters considered in the different formulations.
AtıfScopus49OpenAlex44İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2017Scopus SJRQ3Structural model calibration of RC structure with twoleaf cavity brick infill wall by deterministic approach
Onat, Onur; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Koçak, Ali
An adaptive solution for updating structural model of a RC structure with two-leaf cavity brick infill wall under flexible boundary problem is presented in this paper. The structure was simulated with Diana 9.4.4 finite element software. Next, an elastic foundation with interface elements was used to overcome this stiffness problem of the foundation. The validation of the structure was made with the optimization based modal updating using MATLAB. Five calibration types were performed and compared with experimental data.
AtıfScopus8WoS8OpenAlex6İncele - MakaleYalnız künye2015Scopus SJRQ2Experimental and numerical analysis of RC structure with two leaf cavity wall subjected to shake table
Onat, Onur; Lourenço, Paulo B.; Koçak, Ali
This paper presents finite element (FE) based pushover analysis of a reinforced concrete structure with a two-leaf cavity wall (TLCW) to estimate the performance level of this structure. In addition to this, an unreinforced masonry (URM) model was selected for comparison. Simulations and analyses of these structures were performed using the DIANA FE program. The mentioned structures were selected as two storeys and two bays. The dimensions of the structures were scaled 1: 1.5 according to the Cauchy Froude similitude law. A shake table experiment was implemented on the reinforced concrete structure with the two-leaf cavity wall (TLCW) at the National Civil Engineering Laboratory (LNEC) in Lisbon, Portugal. The model that simulates URM was not experimentally studied. This structure was modelled in the same manner as the TLCW. The purpose of this virtual model is to compare the respective performances. Two nonlinear analyses were performed and compared with the experimental test results. These analyses were carried out in two phases. The research addresses first the analysis of a structure with only reinforced concrete elements, and secondly the analysis of the same structure with reinforced concrete elements and infill walls. Both researches consider static loading and pushover analysis. The experimental pushover curve was plotted by the envelope of the experimental curve obtained on the basis of the shake table records. Crack patterns, failure modes and performance curves were plotted for both models. Finally, results were evaluated on the basis of the current regulation ASCE/SEI 41-06.
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