Abstract

This study deals with the structural evaluation and compression is made between the methods of calculat-ing the damage index of a two-dimensional reinforced concrete structure. A three bay, ten storys frame was designed based on the specifications of the American Concrete Institute (ACI 318-19), the structure was analyzed by non-linear dynamic analysis method by exposing the frame to three different types of earth-quakes using (ETABS Version 19.0.0) program. Several methods proposed by researchers were used for cal-culating the total damage indices of the structure, another method was suggested in the present work, there was convergence in the values calculated on the basis of the composite methods of physical and engineer-ing variables compared with the methods that depend on engineering variables only, such as ductility or displacement. The damage indices based on physical variables only, such as the hysterical dissipated ener-gy, was considered ineffective in representing the real damage, especially in the case of medium and large damages, and it is advisable to adopt more than one method to ensure the safety of the structure and not to rely on one method determined by a few variables in order to express the exact and actual damage in all.

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The article was added to IASJ on 2022-03-30

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