COMPARATIVE STUDY OF “INVERTED V” and “V” TYPE RCC BRACING SYSTEM IN RCC MULTISTORY BUILDING
Keywords:
Braced Structural System; “Inverted V” and “V” Bracing; Earthquake resisting structure; Braced Structure; RCC BracingAbstract
Due to the present increase in world population, people in this world tend to occupy available locations
present in any zone which also include zones falling in the high seismic zone categories. The buildings constructed in
such zones must be analyzed and designed to withstand these earthquakes. Bracing systems is very efficient and
unyielding lateral load resisting system. Bracing systems serves as one of the component in buildings for increasing
stiffness and strength to guard buildings from incidence caused by natural forces like earthquake. Braced frames
widen their resistance to lateral forces by the bracing action of inclined members. The braces stimulate forces in the
associated beams and columns so that all works like a truss which results in smaller sizes of beam and column
sections that turns out to be economical. In this study, G+14 storey building model has been analyzed considering
“Inverted V” and “V” type RCC bracing system under seismic loadings using STADD PRO for analysis. Results are
concluded by comparison of storey displacement, storey drift and base shear for fixed base building.