Earthquakes and Structures

Volume 12, Number 6, 2017, pages 591-601

DOI: 10.12989/eas.2017.12.6.591

Seismic retrofitting of a tower with shear wall in UHPC based dune sand

Abderraouf Trabelsi, Zied Kammoun and Aouicha Beddey

Abstract

To prevent or limit the damage caused by earthquakes on existing buildings, several retrofitting techniques are possible. In this work, an ultra high performance concrete based on sand dune has been formulated for use in the reinforcement of a multifunctional tower in the city of Skikda in Algeria. Tests on the formulated ultra high performance concrete are performed to determine its characteristics. A nonlinear dynamic analysis, based on the

Key Words

UHPC; dune sand; seismic; retrofitting; shear wall; pushover

Address

Abderraouf Trabelsi: Université de Tunis El Manar, Ecole Nationale d