The aim of the master's thesis was to examine, using a specific case of an existing reinforced concrete building, the procedure for assessing the seismic performance of buildings as presented by the working version of the new standard Eurocode 1998-3. The building under consideration is a part of the building stock of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Ljubljana and was constructed in the early 1960s. In accordance with the working draft of the new Eurocode 1998-3, we first examined the available project and technical documentation of the building. Based on the acquired data, we created a linear model of the structure using the ETABS program. We conducted a preliminary seismic analysis based on linear-elastic analysis and, following the working draft of the standard, verified the coefficient i, which is defined as the ratio between seismic demand and resistance expressed by generalized forces in the cross-section of the structural element. From the ratio between the maximum and minimum values of the i, we concluded that assessing the building’s earthquake resistance using linear methods and displacements is not justified, and a nonlinear seismic analysis should be used for a more accurate assessment of the building's earthquake resistance. Nevertheless, we assessed the earthquake resistance of three selected columns based on the estimated rotational capacity at the column ends. The obtained resistances were compared with the demand from the preliminary analysis. We found that two of the selected columns did not meet the criteria of the working draft of the new Eurocode 1998-3. Based on this finding, we inferred that the building is not earthquake-resistant and proposed strengthening the building using reinforced concrete walls. Upon re-assessing the building’s earthquake resistance using linear analysis, it was evident that the strengthened building would be significantly more earthquake-resistant. However, such conclusions should be verified by a pushover-based seismic performance assessment of the reinforced building.
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