KATHMANDU UNIVERSITY

Department of Civil & Geomatics Engineering

ME in Structural Engineering
Seismic Hazard Analysis
Tutorial # 05
Submission date:

1. A NDT on a building results in following values of rebound no. Select appropriate class
interval, make a frequency table and plot histogram. Use an appropriate calibration curve
and determine the 90% compressive strength and characteristic strength.
45.7, 31.4, 44.7, 40, 37.8, 45.9, 44.5, 45.3, 42.2, 45.5, 38.3, 36.9, 44.6, 43, 42, 41.5, 47.7, 45.6,
45.6, 43.2, 52.8, 47.6, 53.6, 43.7, 46.3
2. Explain force controlled action and deformation controlled action with examples and load
deflection curves. [ATC-40]
3. Explain the Demand Capacity Ratio (DCR) method of analysis of building structures for
earthquake loading and compare it with the codal method. What additional information is
provided by DCR method?
4. Explain the conversion of capacity and demand curves for ADRS format.

Extra Question:
For a given building below, plot the pushover curve, Assume the beam to be infinitely rigid and
moment capacity of columns is equal to M at top and 2M at bottom, Assume behavior of
column to be elasto-plastic.

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m
L
m
Assume failure at column.