Disaster Advances Vol.

5 (4) October 2012

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I Im mp po or rt ta an nc ce e o of f D Du uc ct ti il le e D De et ta ai il li in ng g i in n E Ea ar rt th hq qu ua ak ke e R Re es si is st ta an nt t
R Re ei in nf fo or rc ce ed d C Co on nc cr re et te e F Fr ra am me e B Bu ui il ld di in ng g
Bhattacharya Shankha Pratim
Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, INDIA
spb@arp.iitkgp.ernet.in

Abstract
The past earthquake experiences in India clearly demonstrated that the typical structural design and construction
methods lacks the basic seismic resistance criteria. The implementation of ductile design and detailing practices
in ordinary building is one of the major area need to be focused. The overall ductility in reinforced concrete
structure is a tough issue. But in some strategic locations of the building structure certain design factor and
reinforcement detailing can be adopted to minimise the seismic damage and life threatening collapse. The
techniques are simple, inexpensive and elaborately discussed in the bureau of Indian standard code of practice
(IS13920:1993). The structures need to be designed to have sufficient strength and ductility for overall safety
against earthquake forces. Both the strength and the ductility are combined together to improve its seismic safety.

This study discussed the ductile behaviours of the reinforced concrete structures according to Indian code. It also
evaluates the earthquake resistance performance of structure based on design and detailing parameters. The
curvature ductility in beams with reference to the percentage of reinforcement and design material stress is
considered. The behaviour of beam-column joints and the confinement in concrete columns are also addressed.