Structural engineering is facing an extraordinarily challenging era. These challenges are driven by the increasing expectations of modern society to provide low-cost, architecturally appealing structures which can withstand large earthquakes. However, being able to avoid collapse in a large earthquake is no longer enough. A building must now be able to withstand a major seismic event with negligible damage so that it is immediately occupiable following such an event. As recent earthquakes have shown, the economic consequences of not achieving this level of performance are not acceptable. Technological solutions for low-damage structural systems are emerging. However, the goal of developing a low-damage building requires improving the performance of both the structural skeleton and the non-structural components. These non-structural components include items such as the claddings, partitions, ceilings and contents. Previous research has shown that damage to such items contributes a disproportionate amount to the overall economic losses in an earthquake. One such non-structural element that has a history of poor performance is the external cladding system, and this forms the focus of this research. Cladding systems are invariably complicated and provide a number of architectural functions. Therefore, it is important than when seeking to improve their seismic performance that these functions are not neglected. The seismic vulnerability of cladding systems are determined in this research through a desktop background study, literature review, and postearthquake reconnaissance survey of their performance in the 2010 – 2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence. This study identified that precast concrete claddings present a significant life-safety risk to pedestrians, and that the effect they have upon the primary structure is not well understood. The main objective of this research is consequently to better understand the performance of precast concrete cladding systems in earthquakes. This is achieved through an experimental campaign and numerical modelling of a range of precast concrete cladding systems. The experimental campaign consists of uni-directional, quasi static cyclic earthquake simulation on a test frame which represents a single-storey, single-bay portion of a reinforced concrete building. The test frame is clad with various precast concrete cladding panel configurations. A major focus is placed upon the influence the connection between the cladding panel and structural frame has upon seismic performance. A combination of experimental component testing, finite element modelling and analytical derivation is used to develop cladding models of the cladding systems investigated. The cyclic responses of the models are compared with the experimental data to evaluate their accuracy and validity. The comparison shows that the cladding models developed provide an excellent representation of real-world cladding behaviour. The cladding models are subsequently applied to a ten-storey case-study building. The expected seismic performance is examined with and without the cladding taken into consideration. The numerical analyses of the case-study building include modal analyses, nonlinear adaptive pushover analyses, and non-linear dynamic seismic response (time history) analyses to different levels of seismic hazard. The clad frame models are compared to the bare frame model to investigate the effect the cladding has upon the structural behaviour. Both the structural performance and cladding performance are also assessed using qualitative damage states. The results show a poor performance of precast concrete cladding systems is expected when traditional connection typologies are used. This result confirms the misalignment of structural and cladding damage observed in recent earthquake events. Consequently, this research explores the potential of an innovative cladding connection. The outcomes from this research shows that the innovative cladding connection proposed here is able to achieve low-damage performance whilst also being cost comparable to a traditional cladding connection. It is also theoretically possible that the connection can provide a positive value to the seismic performance of the structure by adding addition strength, stiffness and damping. Finally, the losses associated with both the traditional and innovative cladding systems are compared in terms of tangible outcomes, namely: repair costs, repair time and casualties. The results confirm that the use of innovative cladding technology can substantially reduce the overall losses that result from cladding damage.

Residential roofs have traditionally formed the weakest part of the structure. The connections of roofs to the walls has lacked a clear load path with the result that the structure is weak at this point, leading to the compromise of the structure. Indeed roofs have multiple points of failure that lead to the weakness of the residential structure as a whole. Even if structural failure does not occur, compromise the roofing membrane can lead to high repair costs and property loss. The failure lies in the complex forming of the roof components as the roof aesthetics are placed to protect the underlayment and the underlayment protects the sheathing and trusses. However, the aesthetics, such as the roof tile, not being structural can be damaged easily and lead to the compromise of the roofing system as well as endangering surrounding structures. The shape of the roof tile lends itself well to structural design. The wave motion leads to structural redundancy and provides a significant ability to provide stiffness. Using the shape of the roof tile, a structure can be created to encapsulate the shape and provide structural strength. The aesthetics are already accounted for in the shape and the shape is strengthened according to necessity. A system has been devised for flexural strength and applicable connections to demonstrate the constructability and feasibility of creating and using such a system. Design concepts are accounted for, the components are tested and confirmed, and a full-scale test is carried out to demonstrate the concepts ability as a system. The outgrowth of this work is to produce design tables that allow the designer the ability to design for certain building conditions. Taking the concepts of flexural strength and wall to roof, panel to panel, and ridge connections, the design is broken down into appropriate design parameters. Tables are developed that allow the concept to be used under different structural conditions and geographical needs. The conclusion allows us to show specifically how the concept can be applied in specific geographical regions.

No presente trabalho trata-se de um estudo da contribuição de painéis pré-moldados de fechamento no enrijecimento da estrutura principal, com relação às ações laterais. Inicialmente são apontados os critérios correntes de dimensionamento dos painéis pré-moldados de fechamento sem a consideração da interação destes com a estrutura principal. Em seguida, são desenvolvidas simulações numéricas em três exemplos com o objetivo de avaliar tal efeito. Estes exemplos englobam as seguintes situações: painel isolado, estrutura de um pavimento e uma estrutura de vários pavimentos. Os principias parâmetros analisados são os deslocamentos na estrutura principal, os esforços nas ligações e as tensões nos painéis. Os resultados obtidos mostram a importância da contribuição dos painéis no enrijecimento da estrutura principal. Na estrutura de um único pavimento analisada, a consideração de interação possibilita a passagem de situação em que os efeitos globais de segunda ordem são relevantes para aquela em que tais efeitos são desprezíveis. Para a estrutura analisada de vários pavimentos, a consideração de interação resulta em significativas economias de materiais apontando para economia da ordem de 20% na estrutura principal. Com base nos resultados, conclui-se que os painéis de fechamento pode ser incorporados numa estratégia de projeto, possibilitando economia na estrutura principal. / This work presents a study of the precast panels contribution in the main frame stiffness, subjected to lateral loads. At first, currents criteria of panels design are analyzed, without considering the interaction with the main frame. After that, three examples are calculated using numerical simulation to evaluate this effect. These examples include the following situations: a single panel, an one-story frame and a multi-story frame. The parameters are: the frame displacements, the connections efforts and the panels tensions. The results show the magnitude of the panels contribution. In fact, to the one-story frame, it was possible to pass from a flexible structure where the second-order effects must be taken into account to an other one where this effects could be neglected. For the multi-story frame analysis, the panels contribution produced an effective material economy of about 20% (and consequent cost reduction). Basing on these results, one can conclude that the infill panels can be included in the design strategy with economy for the structural system.

No presente trabalho trata-se de um estudo da contribuição de painéis pré-moldados de fechamento no enrijecimento da estrutura principal, com relação às ações laterais. Inicialmente são apontados os critérios correntes de dimensionamento dos painéis pré-moldados de fechamento sem a consideração da interação destes com a estrutura principal. Em seguida, são desenvolvidas simulações numéricas em três exemplos com o objetivo de avaliar tal efeito. Estes exemplos englobam as seguintes situações: painel isolado, estrutura de um pavimento e uma estrutura de vários pavimentos. Os principias parâmetros analisados são os deslocamentos na estrutura principal, os esforços nas ligações e as tensões nos painéis. Os resultados obtidos mostram a importância da contribuição dos painéis no enrijecimento da estrutura principal. Na estrutura de um único pavimento analisada, a consideração de interação possibilita a passagem de situação em que os efeitos globais de segunda ordem são relevantes para aquela em que tais efeitos são desprezíveis. Para a estrutura analisada de vários pavimentos, a consideração de interação resulta em significativas economias de materiais apontando para economia da ordem de 20% na estrutura principal. Com base nos resultados, conclui-se que os painéis de fechamento pode ser incorporados numa estratégia de projeto, possibilitando economia na estrutura principal. / This work presents a study of the precast panels contribution in the main frame stiffness, subjected to lateral loads. At first, currents criteria of panels design are analyzed, without considering the interaction with the main frame. After that, three examples are calculated using numerical simulation to evaluate this effect. These examples include the following situations: a single panel, an one-story frame and a multi-story frame. The parameters are: the frame displacements, the connections efforts and the panels tensions. The results show the magnitude of the panels contribution. In fact, to the one-story frame, it was possible to pass from a flexible structure where the second-order effects must be taken into account to an other one where this effects could be neglected. For the multi-story frame analysis, the panels contribution produced an effective material economy of about 20% (and consequent cost reduction). Basing on these results, one can conclude that the infill panels can be included in the design strategy with economy for the structural system.

Submitted by Jakeline Ortega (jakortega@unoeste.br) on 2018-09-21T18:11:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro - resumo.pdf: 51113 bytes, checksum: 54bab18aa252772921b9b51e3a002aec (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-09-21T18:11:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Jacqueline Roberta Tamashiro - resumo.pdf: 51113 bytes, checksum: 54bab18aa252772921b9b51e3a002aec (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-06 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / The process of industrialization, population growth and globalization have led, over the decades, to the increase of industrial activities and intensive and mechanized agriculture, which consequently triggered in disorderly urbanization and increased consumption. These demands have generated until the present day, numerous environmental problems, ranging from the exploratory extraction of natural resources, many of them almost extinct, to the disposal of the residues generated by the manufactured products. This scenario has its aggravating, irregular accumulation of this waste. The construction industry uses non-renewable raw materials in abundance, consuming a large amount of energy in the extraction of inputs, in the production of materials and in the transportation of both. Appropriate treatment and recycling of the generated waste may be the most viable to stop the exploration of degraded areas caused by the disordered extraction. This research aims at the mechanical fabrication and characterization of recycled concrete prototypes and precast concrete panels from Presidente Prudente, and vinasse, a by-product of a sugar and alcohol mills in the Western Region of the State of São Paulo. The methodological process involves the sampling of the recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and the characterization of the raw material (RCA, cement, sand and gravel) using grain size distribution, grains form, specific mass, water absorption and swelling tests. In sequence, the step manufacturing different traits reproduced in many lots of samples, as well as the physical characterization of the fresh mass by the slump test; setting time of paste (Vicat), pH value and the physical characterization of the test specimens through resistance to mechanical compression strength and mass monitoring. Subsequently, it follows the stage of the manufacture of new test specimens of the trace that presented better results in the previous stage. This trait was physically characterized by porosity; (X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Fourier Transform Infrared Absorption, Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR-FTIR)), optical microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM). Finally, the last step involved the fabrication of the prototype of the precast concrete panels and the physical tests (mass monitoring, strength of the surface hardness by the sclerometer and flexural tensile strength in a prismatic prototype). The results indicate the feasibility of use as a constructive material, they also indicate the possibility of minimizing the environmental impacts, by reusing them within the civil construction cycle. / O processo de industrialização, o crescimento populacional e a globalização acarretaram, ao longo das décadas, no aumento das atividades industriais e na agricultura intensiva e mecanizada, que por consequência, desencadearam na urbanização desordenada e no maior consumo. Tais demandas geraram até os dias atuais inúmeros problemas ambientais, que envolvem desde a extração exploratória de recursos naturais, muitos dos quais quase extintos, até o descarte dos resíduos gerados pelos produtos fabricados. Este cenário tem seu agravante, o acúmulo irregular destes resíduos. A indústria da construção civil utiliza em abundância matéria-prima não renovável, consome grande quantidade de energia na extração de insumos, na produção de materiais e no transporte de ambos. O tratamento adequado e a reciclagem dos resíduos gerados pode ser o meio mais viável para cessar a exploração de áreas degradadas provocadas pela extração desordenada. Esta pesquisa visa a fabricação e caracterização mecânica de protótipos e placas pré-moldadas de concreto reciclado do descarte de obras da construção civil, de Presidente Prudente e, vinhaça, subproduto de uma usina de açúcar e álcool da Região Oeste do Estado de São Paulo. O processo metodológico contempla a amostragem do agregado de resíduo de concreto (ARC) e a caraterização da matéria-prima (ARC, cimento, areia e brita basáltica) através das técnicas de granulometria, formato dos grãos, massa específica, absorção de água e ensaio de inchamento. Em sequência, a etapa fabricação de diferentes traços reproduzidos em lotes de corpos de prova, bem como a caracterização física da massa fresca pelas técnicas de consistência e abatimento (slump test); tempo de pega da pasta (Vicat) e potencial hidrogeniônico (pH) e a caracterização física dos corpos de prova via resistência à compressão mecânica e monitoramento da massa. Posteriormente, segue a etapa da fabricação de novos corpos de prova do traço que apresentou melhores resultados na etapa anterior. Este traço foi caracterizado fisicamente pelas técnicas de porosidade ou índice de vazios superficiais; caracterização estrutural (Microscopia Ótica (MO), Microscopia Eletrônica de Varredura (MEV), Difração de Raios-x (DRX), Absorção no infravermelho com transformada de Fourier modo ATR (ATR-FTIR)). Por fim, na última etapa compreendeu a fabricação do protótipo da placa pré-moldada e os ensaios físicos da mesma (avaliação da dureza superficial pelo esclerômetro de reflexão e resistência à tração na flexão em um protótipo prismático). Os resultados apresentados indicam a viabilidade de utilização como um material construtivo, indicam ainda a possibilidade de minimização dos impactos ambientais, através da reutilização dos mesmos dentro do ciclo da construção civil.

Pseudo-dynamic testing was employed to observe the seismic performance of three different retrofit methods on two story three bay reinforced concrete frame structures. The three test frames have hollow clay tile (HCT) infills in the central bay. All of the test frames represent the seismic deficiencies of the Turkish construction practice such as use of plain reinforcing bars, low strength concrete and insufficient confining steel. Two non-invasive and occupant friendly retrofit schemes suggested in the Turkish Earthquake Code, namely use of Fiber Reinforced Polymers and precast concrete panels integrated on the HCT infills and traditional approach of adding concrete infill wall were employed. Specimens were subjected to three different scale levels of North-South component of Duzce ground motion. Reference specimen experienced severe damage at 100% scale level and reached collapse stage due to the loss of integrity of the infill wall and significant damage on the boundary columns. The retrofitted test structures were able to survive the highest level 140% Duzce ground motion. Test results confirmed the success of the retrofit methods for simulated earthquake loads.