
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Effect of basement rigidity on seismic response of RC buildings
A. Koçak, M. Borekci & E.C. Ekinci
Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
A. Kalyoncuoglu
Istanbul Geli¸sim University, Istanbul, Turkey
ABSTRACT: A building which has full basement and has dominant first mode, is separated into two parts as
rigid basement and upper stories in determining of seismic loads. It is clear that separating the building which
has rigid basement into two parts is reasonable. However, separating the building ...