Structural Analysis and Seismic Performance Evaluation of Multi-Storied Commercial Buildings With Varied Plan Configurations Using ETABS

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This paper presents a comparative assessment of multi-storied reinforced concrete (RC) structures with various plan layouts, including rectangular, hollow-rectangular, Z-shaped, and V-shaped models and evaluated using ETABS 2022 in accordance with BNBC 2020 standards. The study evaluates major structural characteristics, such as storey displacement, storey drift, base shear, overturning moment, torsional irregularity and the P-delta effect, under seismic and wind loads. Regular configurations, particularly rectangular and V-shaped layouts, showed improved seismic resilience with minimum lateral displacements and drift, whereas irregular forms, such as the Z-shaped plan, were more vulnerable due to torsional irregularities and mass discontinuities. This study emphasizes the significance of structural regularity in seismic safety and offers practical advice for overcoming performance concerns in irregular building designs. Seismic Performance Plan Irregularity Multi-Storied Building ETABS Analysis P-Delta Effect Storey Drift BNBC 2020 Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Posted Version 1 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. Our growing team is made up of researchers and industry professionals working together to solve the most critical problems facing scientific publishing. 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