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Mass Irregularity:: Figure 2 Showing Failure of RC Building Having Mass Irregularity During Earthquake

Mass irregularities occur when the effective mass of any story is more than 200% of an adjacent story. This can lead to increased lateral forces, reduced structural element ductility, and irregular dynamic response. In particular, heavy upper floor masses produce more unfavorable effects by shifting the center of gravity of lateral forces higher, resulting in larger bending moments. Vertical geometric irregularities refer to setbacks where the horizontal dimension of the lateral force resisting system is over 150% of an adjacent story, which can cause re-entrant corners and independent vibration of building portions.

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Mass Irregularity:: Figure 2 Showing Failure of RC Building Having Mass Irregularity During Earthquake

Mass irregularities occur when the effective mass of any story is more than 200% of an adjacent story. This can lead to increased lateral forces, reduced structural element ductility, and irregular dynamic response. In particular, heavy upper floor masses produce more unfavorable effects by shifting the center of gravity of lateral forces higher, resulting in larger bending moments. Vertical geometric irregularities refer to setbacks where the horizontal dimension of the lateral force resisting system is over 150% of an adjacent story, which can cause re-entrant corners and independent vibration of building portions.

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Mass Irregularity:

Mass irregularities are considered to exist where


the effective mass of any storey is more than
200% of the effective mass of an adjacent storey
[1]
. The effective mass is the real mass consisting
of the dead weight of the floor plus the actual
weight of partition and equipment. Excess mass
can lead to increase in lateral inertial force,
reduced ductility of vertical load resisting
elements. Irregularity of mass distribution in
vertical and horizontal planes can result in
irregular response and complex dynamics as
shown in figure 2. The characteristics swaying mode of a building during an earthquake implies
that masses placed in the upper stories of building produce considerably more unfavorable
effects than masses placed lower down. The center of gravity of lateral forces is shifted above the
base in the case of heavy masses in upper floors resulting in large bending moments [2]. Where
mass irregularities exist, check the lateral-force resisting elements using a dynamic analysis for a
more realistic lateral load distribution of the base shear. It is believed that the Mansi Complex, a
multistoried building has failed in Bhuj earthquake due to massive swimming pool at the upper
floor.
Figure 2 showing failure of RC building having
mass irregularity during earthquake.
Source: www.google.co.in
Vertical Geometric Irregularity:
A vertical setback is a geometric irregularity in a vertical plane. It is considered, when the
horizontal dimension of lateral force resisting system in any
storey is more than
150% of that in an adjacent storey [1]. The setback can also be
visualized as
a vertical re-entrant corner. The general solution
of a setback problem is the total seismic
separation in plan through separation section, so
that portions of the building are free to vibrate
independently.

Figure 3 showing failure of setback building during


Mexico earthquake in 1985.
Source: www.google.co.in

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