COMPDYN 2017
6
th
ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on
Computational Methods in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering
M. Papadrakakis, M. Fragiadakis (eds.)
Rhodes Island, Greece, 15–17 June 2017
RINTC PROJECT: INFLUENCE OF STRUCTURE-RELATED
UNCERTAINTIES ON THE RISK OF COLLAPSE OF ITALIAN CODE-
CONFORMING REINFORCED CONCRETE BUILDINGS
Paolo Franchin
1
, Fabrizio Mollaioli
1
, Fabrizio Noto
2
1
Sapienza University of Rome
Dept. of Structures for Engineering and Architecture, via Gramsci 53, 00197 Rome, Italy
e-mail: paolo.franchin@uniroma1.it, fabrizio.mollaioli@uniroma1.it
2
METIS srl
via Emanuele Filiberto 207, 00185 Rome, Italy
e-mail: fabrizio.noto@gmail.com
Keywords: reinforced concrete, nonlinear static and dynamic analyses, lumped plasticity
models, infill models, multi-stripe analyses, risk assessment.
Abstract. This paper reports on the results of an ongoing Research Project aimed at
computing the risk of collapse in new buildings conforming to the Italian Seismic Design
Code. Companion papers describe the overall Research Project, funded by the Italian Civil
Protection Department (DPC), its different application areas (reinforced concrete, masonry,
steel buildings, etc), the overall seismic risk calculation procedure and the ground motion se-
lection process followed to identify the recorded ground motions used for the multi-stripe
analyses for ten different ground motion intensities.
This papers describes the multivariate statistical model of the structure-related uncertainty
developed with reference to reinforced concrete buildings, describing the variability of mate-
rial properties as well as model error terms of the adopted response models for both RC
members and masonry infills. The paper describes also the efficient sampling procedure
adopted and discusses the results of the nonlinear analyses, both static and dynamic, carried
out under different assumptions on the correlation structure for the selected reinforced con-
crete buildings (namely 6- and 9-storey moment resisting frame).
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Available online at www.eccomasproceedia.org
Eccomas Proceedia COMPDYN (2017) 1503-1514
© 2017 The Authors. Published by Eccomas Proceedia.
Peer-review under responsibility of the organizing committee of COMPDYN 2017.
doi: 10.7712/120117.5509.17123