COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEISMIC RESPONSES ON

PLAN IRREGULARITY

A PROJECT REPORT
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the
Requirements for the award of the degree of

Bachelor of Technology
In
Civil Engineering
By
DEBAPRIYO GHOSH 12001312011
KALYAN SAMANTA 12001312012
PINAKI MUKHERJEE 12001312024
PRIYAMAN PANJA 12001312027
RITANKAR SAHA 12001312032
ROHIT CHOURASIA 12001312033
SUBHENDU SAMUI 12001312049
TANMOY DHARA 12001312059

Under the guidance of

MR. SANJAY SENGUPTA
Assistant professor,
Department of Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
DR. B.C ROY ENGINEERING COLLEGE
Jemua Road, Fuljhore, Durgapur-713206
(Affiliated to M.A.K.A.U.T),WEST BENGAL(INDIA)
Nov,2015

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 Candidate’s Declaration

We do hereby declare that the work which is being presented in the project
entitled, “COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SEISMIC RESPONSES ON PLAN
IRREGULARITY” in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of the
degree of B.Tech in civil Engineering and submitted in the Department of Civil
Engineering, Dr. B.C Roy Engineering College, Durgapur is an authentic record
of our work carried out by us during 7th semester under the supervision of
Prof. Sanjay Sengupta. The matter presented in this work has not been
submitted by us for the award of any other degree to this or other
University/Institute.

Date:
Place:

DEBAPRIYO GHOSH 12001312011 ------------------------------------

KALYAN SAMANTA 12001312012 -----------------------------------

PINAKI MUKHERJEE 12001312024 -----------------------------------

PRIYAMAN PANJA 12001312027 -----------------------------------

RITANKAR SAHA 12001312032 -----------------------------------

ROHIT CHOURASIA 12001312033 -----------------------------------

SUBHENDU SAMUI 12001312049 -----------------------------------

TANMOY DHARA 12001312059 -----------------------------------

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 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

DR. B. C. ROY ENGINEERING COLLEGE

DURGAPUR (W.B.) - 713206

Certificate

This is to certify that the thesis titled, “COMPARATIVE STUDY OF

SEISMIC RESPONSES ON PLAN IRREGULARITY” submitted by
DEBAPRIYO GHOSH, KALYAN SAMANTA, PINAKI MUKHERJEE,
PRIYAMAN PANJA, RITANKAR SAHA, ROHIT CHOURASIA,
SUBHENDU SAMUI, TANMOY DHARA in the partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of B.Tech degree in Civil Engineering at Dr. B.C
Roy Engineering College, Durgapur, for the session 2015-16 is an authentic
work carried out under my guidance and supervision.
To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the thesis has
not been submitted to any other University/Institute for the award of any degree.

(PROF. SANJAY SENGUPTA) (DR. SABYASACHI CHANDRA)

Assistant Professor Associate Prof.& H.O.D.
(Dept. of Civil Engineering) (Dept. of Civil Engineering)
Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College, Dr. B.C. Roy Engineering College,
Durgapur Durgapur

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 Acknowledgement

We profoundly thank Dr. Sabyasachi Chandra, Head of the Department of

Civil Engineering who has been a great source of inspiration to our work.
We would like to thank our project guide Prof. Sanjay Sengupta for his
technical guidance, constant encouragement and co-operation for providing
necessary facilities and source during the entire period of this project.
We are also thankful to Mr. Surajit Sen to help us to model the structures in
STAAD-Pro.
We wish to convey our sincere gratitude to all the faculty members of Civil
Engineering Department who have enlightened us during our studies. The
facilities and co-operation received from the technical stuff of Civil Engineering
Department is thankfully acknowledged.
We express our thanks to all those who helped us one way or other.
Last, but not the least, we would like to express our gratitude to our parents who
were the constant source of inspiration to us.

Date:
Place:

DEBAPRIYO GHOSH 12001312011

KALYAN SAMANTA 12001312012
PINAKI MUKHERJEE 12001312024
PRIYAMAN PANJA 12001312027
RITANKAR SAHA 12001312032
ROHIT CHOURASIA 12001312033
SUBHENDU SAMUI 12001312049
TANMOY DHARA 12001312059

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 ABSTRACT
The seismic responses on plan irregularity are studied. Three multistoried
buildings (Regular shaped, L- shaped, C-shaped), different in plan are taken
having almost equal weight and modeled in STAAD-Pro for different soil type,
earthquake zone &for different load combination as per IS 1893-2002.

All the buildings are modeled as “Ordinary moment resisting frame”. Only the
equivalent static load method is considered to analyze the structures. The
maximum displacement for each storey is computed.

The graphs are plotted on the displacements of different storey levels for
different soil conditions and for different earthquake severity zones in a
comparative way. The vulnerability comparison between these structures is also
done with the mostly probable combinations of different soil stratums and
earthquake zones. The storey drift comparisons for different structures are also
represented graphically and all probable reasons are written as conclusion.

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 LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE TITLE FIGURE NO. PAGE NO.

Weight comparison of different shaped building 3.1 10
Plan of L-shaped building 3.2 10
Plan of C- Shaped building 3.3 11

Plan of Regular Shaped building 3.4 11

3D view of the Regular Shaped building 4.1 13
3D view of dead load on the Regular Shaped
Building 4.2 14
3D view of live load on the Regular Shaped
Building 4.3 15
3D view of EL-X(+ve) on Regular Shaped
Building 4.4 16
3D view of EL-X(-ve) on Regular Shaped
Building 4.5 16
3D view of EL-Z (+ve) on Regular Shaped
Building 4.6 16
3D view of EL-Z (-ve) on Regular Shaped
Building 4.7 16
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone II for different
soil condition for EL-X 5.1 25
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone II for different
soil condition for EL-Z 5.2 26

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 FIGURE TITLE FIGURE NO. PAGE NO.
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone III for different
soil condition for EL-X 5.3 26
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone III for different
soil condition for EL-Z 5.4 27
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone IV for different
soil condition for EL-X 5.5 27
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone IV for different
soil condition for EL-Z 5.6 28
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone V for different
soil condition for EL-X 5.7 28
Displacement of each storey of different
shaped buildings in Zone V for different
soil condition for EL-Z 5.8 29
Displacement of different storeys for EL-X 5.9 29

Displacement of different storeys for EL-Z 5.10 30

Percentage change in displacement of different

storeys with the variation of soil type

(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for C-Shaped building for EL-X 5.11 31
Percentage change in displacement of different

storeys with the variation of soil type

(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for C-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.12 31

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 FIGURE TITLE FIGURE NO. PAGE NO.
Percentage change in displacement of different
storeys with the variation of soil type
(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for L-Shaped building for EL-X 5.13 32
Percentage change in displacement of different
storeys with the variation of soil type
(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for L-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.14 32
Percentage change in displacement of different
storeys with the variation of soil type
(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for Regular Shaped building for EL-X 5.15 33
Percentage change in displacement of different
storeys with the variation of soil type
(hard-medium & medium-soft) for a fixed
earthquake zone for Regular Shaped building for EL-Z 5.16 33
Percentage change in displacement of different storey
with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for C-Shaped building for EL-X 5.17 34
Percentage change in displacement of different storeys
with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for C-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.18 35
Percentage change in displacement of different storeys
with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for L-Shaped building for EL-X 5.19 35
Percentage change in displacement of different storeys
with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for L-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.20 36

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 FIGURE TITLE FIGURE NO. PAGE NO.
Percentage change in displacement of different storeys
with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for Regular Shaped building for EL-X 5.21 36

Percentage change in displacement of different storeys

with the variation of earthquake zone (II-III-IV-V)
for a fixed soil type for Regular Shaped building for EL-Z 5.22 37
Storey Drift for each building in earthquake
zone V and soft soil condition for EL-X and EL-Z 5.23 38

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 LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE TABLE NO. PAGE NO.

Dimensions of the Structural Elements 3.1 9
Probable Combinations for Analysis 4.1 12
Modelling details for Regular shaped building under
hard soil condition in earthquake severity zone II 4.2 13
Displacement of C Shaped building for EL-X 5.1 19

Displacement of C-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.2 20

Displacement of L-Shaped building for EL-X 5.3 21

Displacement of L-Shaped building for EL-Z 5.4 22

Displacement of Regular Shaped building for EL-X 5.5 23

Displacement of Regular Shaped building for EL-Z 5.6 24

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 INDEX
Sl No. Contents Page No.
1. Introduction 1

1.1. General 1

1.2. Analysis Method 3-5

1.2.1. Equivalent Static Analysis 3-4
1.2.2. Response Spectrum Analysis 4
1.2.3. Time History Analysis 4-5

1.3. Scope of the Study 5

2. Literature Review 6-8

2.1. General 6

2.2. Chronological Review of Literature 6-8

3. Problem Statement 9-11

3.1. Statement of the Problem 9-11

4. Modeling and Analysis 12-17

4.1. Analysis Method 12

4.2. Modeling 12-17

5. Result and Discussion 18-38

5.1. Displacement Calculation 18-24

5.2. Discussion 25-38

5.2.1 Comparison of Displacements for Different Soil

Conditions and Different Zones 25-30
5.2.2. Comparison of Percentage Change of Displacements
with Change of Soil Conditions for Different Zones 31-34
5.2.3. Comparison of Percentage Change of Displacements
with Change of Zones for Different Soil Conditions 34-37
5.2.4. Comparison of Storey Drift 37-38

6. Conclusion 39-40

7. Plan of Future Work 41

8. References 42

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