Abstract

The settlement of structures in low compressibility soils, in regulating vessels, has an impact on the degradation of structural integrity in reinforced concrete buildings, due to the severe seismic load; drastically altering the distribution of stresses, due to the inability of the structure to withstand seismic displacements, in response, structural failures of settlements, fissures, fractures, tension, bending, torsion occur, due to the loss of hypoplasticity. Furthermore, the depth of vertical displacement of the buildings seated in regulating vessels generates the dimensions of width and thickness of the cracks with incidences of fractures that are indications of unstable stresses, at which the structure was analyzed, presenting the critical level state collapse in structural disaster, due to high structural risk, causing loss of life and considerable material costs. This work is based on the Ansys methodology, for the analysis of the intensity of efforts and the rate of energy release, which generates the structural displacement of the building due to the action of seismic excitation, dissipating in seam due to the tensions and compressions to quantify the stochastic probability of severe risks of buildings displaced in regulatory vessels. Results show that the stochastic probability of disaster occurrence of buildings seated in regulatory vessels due to seismic action is 66.56 %, and it is also demonstrated that the displacement reinforcement is insufficient due to the energy release rate of the building.

Keywords

Risk, earthquake, fracture, stochastic, integrity