Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Seismic Analysis of Indoor Auditorium

Abstract

Dilipan Bose S and Aravindan S

The project titled “Seismic analysis of Indoor Auditorium” has been taken up with an objective to determine the seismic response and behaviour of an Auditorium constructed in Chennai area. Even though Chennai is considered as least prone to major earthquake, it is expected that a structure would survive major earthquakes without collapse that might occur unexpectedly during the life of the building. It should also be noted that after the Bhuj earthquake, Indian Standard IS: 1893 was revised and Chennai city was upgraded from zone II to zone III which leads to a substantial increase of the design ground motion parameters. Hence, this project presents an exploratory analysis of the seismic performance of multi-storey buildings system built in the specified area with a comparative study of the structures under past major earthquakes. Computer modeling is undertaken using Ansys is a multi-purpose software which enables to run and simulate tests or working conditions. It also helps in determining and improving weak points, computing by 3D simulations in virtual environment.