DESIGN OF THE REINFORCEMENT OF THE ANTI-WATER STRUCTURES

BELONGING TO THE CLASSROOM BLOCK OF THE SEBASTIÁN DE

BENALCÁZAR SCHOOL

Authors:

Pérez Flores, Juan David

Publication date: Jul-2013

Publisher: SANGOLIQUI / ESPE / 2013

Keywords:

Sebastián de Benalcázar School, old structures, earthquake resistant structures.

welded Mesh.

SUMMARY:

Every type of building is vulnerable to an earthquake that overcomes the limitations of the

structure, this is increased in old buildings that have a design model belonging to the time in

which they were built, so it is extremely urgent that old structures and especially those of a

historical nature should be reinforced considering the current construction regulations, so that

their occupants can transit, work, study in a safe way, and so that the useful life of the building is

prolonged. This project seeks that any building that has a configuration equal or similar to the

structure analyzed, can use the same reinforcement criteria. And based on this information have

rehabilitation alternatives to obtain resistant earthquake structures to avoid a possible collapse in

severe earthquakes. In this reinforcement design, the use of electro-welded mesh placed on each

side of the structural elements and with meshes independent of each other in concrete and brick
columns, in walls, T and L meetings that simulate equivalent concrete columns with in order to

obtain a structure that meets the standards. The mathematical analysis is carried out with the

CIENCI LAB suite of programs and the creation of the virtual environment using SketchUp.