The Extended Adaptive Capacity Spectrum Method for the Seismic Assessment of Plan-Asymmetric Buildings

The use of nonlinear static procedures (NSPs) on the seismic assessment of real existing plan-irregular structures has so far been studied by a limited number of authors. This fact limits the application of such methods to assess current existing structures, the majority of which are irregular in plan. An extended version of the adaptive capacity spectrum method (ACSM) for the seismic assessment of plan-irregular buildings is presented in this paper. The novelty of this proposal is to comprise the most accurate features of commonly used NSPs in order to overcome the problems that subsist in three-dimensional pushover analyses. The accuracy of the procedure is tested in three plan-irregular real buildings. The results are compared with the capacity spectrum method (CSM) with the features proposed in FEMA 440, with the extended N2 method for plan-asymmetric structures, with the adaptive capacity spectrum method (ACSM) and with the most exact nonlinear dynamic analyses. Several seismic intensities are tested, in order to evaluate the performance of the procedure in different stages of structural inelasticity.

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