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    Structural Performance of R/C Buildings in 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes Under the Lens of Hassan Index
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Yildirim, Meltem Eryilmaz; Yesilyurt, Cennet; Gozun, Uveys; Ozturk, Baki; Donmez, Cemalettin
    Starting with the 1999 Kocaeli Earthquake, seismic damage indices have been developed to quantify damage potential. The late Professor Mete Sozen played a significant role in this endeavor by introducing the Hassan Index, which is an indirect measure of the robustness of structures. Its calculation is straightforward, given the vertical structural element dimensions at ground level. Various earthquakes worldwide, from Taiwan to Chile, have provided opportunities to assess its effectiveness across diverse building practices and earthquake characteristics. Following the February 2023 Kahramanmaras Earthquakes, a reconnaissance team was dispatched to gather field data to observe the damages through the lens of the Hassan Index. The study extended to cover all major city and town centers, studying around 250 reinforced concrete buildings with 2-16 stories. These buildings were all constructed after the 2000s. Hence, the data set sheds light on the performance of Turkish construction practices after the commencement of the 1998 Turkish Building code and the following earthquake regulations. By evaluating the newly gathered data alongside the existing dataset, a basis is established to consider the Hassan Index as a preliminary design index rather than solely as a seismic damage index.
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    Discussion on the Causes of the Observed Damages in the 2023 Kahramanmaraş Earthquakes
    (Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, 2024) Gultepe, Ekin; Comlekoglu, Hakki Gurhan; Ozturk, Baki; Donmez, Cemalettin
    The devastating earthquakes in February 2023 in south-east Turkiye demonstrated that the Turkish built environment does not meet the needed performance. The frequency of earthquakes in Turkiye calls for urgent organization to upgrade the existing structures and avoid the repetition of deficient applications. Hence, it is necessary to identify the causes of the damage. The presented study concentrated on a subset of the existing inventory built under the governance of 1998 and later Turkish Earthquake Codes. Following the earthquakes in Kahramanmaras, Turkiye, a reconnaissance study was conducted to understand the causes of the damage incurred. The extensive study covered all the major city and town centers, specifically concentrating on the 2- to 16-story reinforced concrete buildings. The first impression of the data gathered indicates significant detailing imperfections. Poor drift control, inferior layout preferences, and non-structural detailing issues are the other suspects. The observed damage and the current seismic regulation requirements will be critically discussed to form a basis for possible future improvements to the seismic code.
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    Performance of Structures in İzmir After the Samos Island Earthquake
    (Springer, 2022) Yakut, A.; Sucuoǧlu, H.; Binici, B.; Canbay, E.; Dönmez, C.; Ilki, A.; Ay, B.Ö.
    The October 30, 2020 Earthquake caused unexpectedly significant damage in İzmir considering its distance to the city. This paper evaluates the recorded ground motions, summarizes the performance of structures affected from the earthquake with emphasis on the reasons of damage. A detailed damage assessment was carried out by the Earthquake Engineering Research Center of Middle East Technical University to compile data on the damage of RC and masonry buildings. It was observed that majority of the damage was concentrated in the Bayraklı district due to its peculiar soil properties where many 7–10 story mid-rise RC buildings suffered heavy damage and collapse. The level of amplified ground motions combined with deficiencies of apparently non-code compliant buildings exacerbated the damage. The main reasons of damage were mainly attributed to the presence of soft stories, lack of proper detailing, poor construction quality, presence of heavy overhangs, and hence significant lack of code-compliance in essence. The influence of infill walls on seismic performance of deficient and inadequate buildings was clearly seen in this earthquake. This paper also discusses seismic code requirements in effect and their influence on the observed building performance. The recorded ground motions were compared with the code spectra to evaluate the performance of the buildings. The code response spectra were found to be well above the recorded ground motion spectra at the sites where significant damage was observed. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V.