International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395 -0056 Volume: 04 Issue: 05 | May -2017 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2017, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 5.181 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 1839 Comparative Analysis on Response of a School Building against Gravity, Earthquake and Tsunami forces P. Subhash Bhargava 1 , A.H.L.Swaroop 2 1 Post Graduate student, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Gudlavalleru, India. 2 Sr. Gr. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Gudlavalleru, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract –: A series of seismic waves in water is known as Tsunami. These waves are caused due to the displacement of water in oceans, large lakes,, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and underwater explosions and other interruptions above or below the water will generate Tsunami. When reaching towards the coastal depths height of the wave increases. The main objective is to analyse a school building against gravity, earthquake and Tsunami forces. To analyse the building forces due to gravity, earth quake and Tsunami are calculated for different inundation depths and considering the obtained forces response of building will be known in case of moments. By considering each critical moment of each force design of structural element is carried out and compared. Key Words: Earthquake, Tsunami forces, gravity forces, Inundation depths, coastal depths. 1. INTRODUCTION Earthquake is an endogenous natural disaster, which occurs suddenly without any warning. Depending upon the magnitude and intensity, bulk of devastation takes place with a short duration of time. The vast destruction of engineering systems and facilities during the past earthquakes has exposed serious deficiencies in the common design and construction practices. These disasters have created a new responsiveness about the disaster awareness and easing plans. Tsunami resistant analyses are complex in nature as the motion is transient and the force functions are time dependent. Though there are no well established design procedures, FEMA CCM and draft code of Bureau of Indian Standards provide some guidelines to calculate tsunami loads act on coastal structures. A review report by Harry Yeh etal (2005) suggested that tsunami loads exerted on structures can be obtained in terms of hydrodynamic, surge and impact forces for given depth of inundation and the velocity of approaching tsunami. Nearly 90% of all the earthquakes due to tectonic events, primarily movement on faults and secondly volcanism. Elastic rebound theory gives the physics behind earthquake activities. 1.1. Physics of earthquake and tsunami’s Tsunamis are series of sea waves of extremely long wave length and long period generated when seafloor suddenly lifts up almost the entire water column vertically upwards. As the tsunami crosses deep ocean ,its wave length from crest to crest may be a few hundred kilometres but its height will only a few centimetres .In deep oceans ,these waves will reach speeds exceeding 970km/hour. When tsunami enters the coastal lines, the velocity of its waves reduces and the wave height increases, sometimes to a height of 30m, and strike the coast with disturbing force. The other features of tsunami which influence the size of tsunami are the shoreline, bathymetric formation, the velocity of sea floor deformation and the water depth near the source of earthquake. Tsunamis are characterized as shallow water waves and are different from wind generated waves .A tsunami can have a period in the range of ten minutes to two hours and a wave length in excess of 500km. The speed of shallow water wave is equal to the square root of the product of acceleration due to gravity and the depth of water. The rate at which a wave loses its energy is increased proportional to its wave length. Hence tsunamis travel in deep waters with high speeds and travel great transoceanic distances with limited energy loss. Near the coast, as the depth of water decreases the speed of tsunami diminishes. However as the change in total energy remains constant, the speed of tsunami decreases as it enters shallower water and the height of the wave grows. Because of Dzshoaling effectdz, a tsunami that was unnoticeable in deep water may grow to be several meters in height. When a tsunami finally reaches the shore, it appears as rapidly rising and falling tide, a series of breaking waves. An earthquake occurs when the pressure along a fault becomes stronger than the pressure holding the rocks mutually. Then the rocks on either side of the fault suddenly split apart, sometimes at supersonic speeds. The two sides of the fault slide past one another, releasing the pent-up pressure. Energy from this taking apart radiates outward in all directions, including towards the surface, where it is felt as an earthquake. 1.2. Mathematical model: In this paper, school building is chosen for the analysis and the tsunami forces, earthquake forces and gravity forces imparted on these structures are worked out of different