IJSTE - International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering | Volume 2 | Issue 11 | May 2016

ISSN (online): 2349-784X

Influence of Strong Column Weak Beam Design

as Per Draft Code IS:13920
Kramik Doshi Vaibhav Doshi
PG Student Assistant Professor
Department of Structural Engineering Department of Structural Engineering
L.J. Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad L.J. Institute of Engineering & Technology, Ahmedabad

Abstract
Increase in population requires high rise building due to limiting available land. In high rise building the safety of people is also
important which requires a great earthquake resistant design of a structure which should safe as well as economic. Indian standard
has revised the draft code for ductility and has introduced philosophy of “Strong-column weak-beam design”. With the help of
non-linear static pushover analysis of two different buildings in which one is conventional design and other designed using draft
code. Two buildings are analysed in E-Tabs and designed manually. After the pushover analysis maximum lateral load carrying
capacity of building can be carried out. Also the improvement or modification required for the draft code can be suggested.
Keywords: Strong-column weak-beam design, pushover analysis, Ductility, Etabs
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I. INTRODUCTION

As per IS code buildings are designed as earthquake resistant buildings. Earthquake resistant design means building should be
capable of resisting moderate to severe earthquake. To achieve this ductility was introduced in IS:13920-1993. In ductility demand
a member should go in large deformation before collapse.
In most of the earthquakes collapse of the buildings were observed due to failure of vertical members, so Indian standard decided
to make vertical components stronger as compared to horizontal components and that philosophy is popular as “strong-column
weak-beam design”. This philosophy was included in IS 19320:1993 the ductile detailing code, but that code has been revised now
and draft code is available with some changes in it.

II. NEED OF STRONG COLUMN WEAK BEAM DESIGN

As per the requirement of high rise building increases the safety factors also increase. As we all know that if a beam of any high
rise building fails it will only affect the that particular story but, if a column of structure fails then it will lead to a failure of the
whole building. So this demands a strong column weak beam design. A building cannot collapse due to heavy earthquake but it
can due to weak design. So the good design and its implementation takes place for the safety of the people.
The main governing factor which is introduced in the draft code is as under.
Σ Mc = 1.7 Σ Mb

III. MODEL PARAMETERS AND ANALYSIS

Two models are made in Etabs in which 1st model is of conventional design and another is as per the draft code.

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Fig. 1: Plan of building

Design Perimeters
Description Material
650 mm X 650 mm (G.F., floor)1st
600 mm X 600 mm (2nd floor,3rd floor)
Size of column M-25, Fe-415
500 mm X 500 mm ( 4th floor,5th floor, 6th floor)
400 mm X 400 mm (7th floor, 8th floor)
Size of beam 300 mm X 450 mm M-25, Fe-415
Thickness of external wall 230 mm Masonry
Thickness of internal wall 115mm Masonry
Thickness of slab 175 mm M-20
Bays in X direction 6 (6m each) N.A.
Bays in Y direction 6 (4m each) N.A.

Frame Property & Load Calculation

Description Multi - storey frame
Type of structure Multi – Storey rigid joint 3D frame
Number of storey 9 (G + 8)
Floor height 3m
Parapet wall 1m
Building height 28 m (27 + 1)
Imposed Load 2 kN/ m2
Floor Finish Load 1.5 kN/m2
Material M-25
Specific weight of concrete 25.0 kN/m3

Specific weight of steel 78.54 kN/m3

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Specific weight of wall 20.0 kN/m3

Seismic Zone IV
Zone coefficient 0.24
Response reduction factor 5
Damping 5%

Self-weight of 230 mm thick external wall = 0.23 X (3-0.45) X 20

11.73 kN/m
Self-weight of 115 mm thick internal wall = 0.115 X (3-0.45) X 20
5.865 kN/m
Self-weight of 115 mm thick perapet wall = 0.115 X (1) X 20
2.875 kN/m
Self-weight of 175 mm thick slab
= 0.175 X 25 4.375 kN/m2

IV. LOAD COMBINATIONS USED

For static and dynamic analysis following combinations are used in the model.
1) 1.5(D.L. + L.L.)
2) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. + EQ X)
3) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. - EQ X)
4) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. + EQ Y)
5) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. - EQ Y)
6) 1.5(D.L. + EQ X)
7) 1.5(D.L. - EQ X)
8) 1.5(D.L. + EQ Y)
9) 1.5(D.L. - EQ Y)
10) 0.9 D.L. + 1.5 EQ X
11) 0.9 D.L. - 1.5 EQ X
12) 0.9 D.L. + 1.5 EQ Y
13) 0.9 D.L. - 1.5 EQ Y
14) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. + SPEC X)
15) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. - SPEC X)
16) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. + SPEC Y)
17) 1.2(D.L. + L.L. - SPEC Y)
18) 1.5(D.L. + SPEC X)
19) 1.5(D.L. - SPEC X)
20) 1.5(D.L. + SPEC Y)
21) 1.5(D.L. - SPEC Y)
22) 0.9 D.L. + 1.5 SPEC X
23) 0.9 D.L. - 1.5 SPEC X
24) 0.9 D.L. + 1.5 SPEC Y
25) 0.9 D.L. - 1.5 SPEC Y

V. RESULTS AND ANALYSIS

After modelling and analyzing both the models story displacement of structure has been checked.
The results of story displacement are as under.

Model 1: Conventional Design

Slab Height X(mm) Y(mm)
8th fllor slab 27 120.8 101.9
7th floor slab 24 114 95.9
6th floor slab 21 101.6 84.9
5th floor slab 18 87.7 73.4
4th floor slab 15 71.3 59.7

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3rd floor slab 12 53.1 44.6

2nd floor slab 9 35.9 30.5
1st floor slab 6 19.4 16.9
Ground floor slab 3 6.3 5.6
Base 0 0 0

Model 2: Design as Per Draft Code

Slab Height X(mm) Y(mm)

8th fllor slab 27 105.02 93.4
7th floor slab 24 97.04 90.05
6th floor slab 21 90.6 80.01
5th floor slab 18 85.5 70.68
4th floor slab 15 70 57.4
3rd floor slab 12 53.1 44.6
2nd floor slab 9 35.9 30.5
1st floor slab 6 19.4 16.9
Ground floor slab 3 6.3 5.6
Base 0 0 0

VI. CONCLUSION

As per the result of story displacement we can conclude that strong-column weak-beam design is a good step of Indian Standards
as the building designed by conventional method shows a great displacement as the result of earthquake force compare to the
building designed using draft code. Hence we can say that to make a column strong compare to beam increases lateral load carrying
capacity of building

REFERENCES
[1] Andreas J. Kappos and Alireaza Manafpour, “Seismic Design of R/C Buildings with the aid of Advanced Analytical Techniques”, Engineering Structures,
Vol. 23, pp. 319-332, 2001.
[2] Earthquake Resistant Design of Structures, Pankaj Agarwal, Manish Shrikhande, 2006.
[3] Murthy. C. V. R (2005), “Earthquake Tips”, Learning Earthquake Design and Construction.
[4] IS 456:2000 code for plain reinforced concrete design
[5] IS 13920:1993 and IS 13920:2014 draft code, ductile detailing for reinforced structure subjected to seismic forces.
[6] IS 1893(Part1):2002, Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures, Part 1 General provisions and buildings, Bureau of Indian Standard.

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