EXAMPLE 6. BUILDING VALUATION & REDESIGN STUDY

EXAMPLE 6: "STUDY FOR THE VALUATION AND REDESIGN OF A BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE CANC. 85 (CAN.EPE)§5: The idealized resistance curve (force-displacement relationship) is recommended to be bilinear (see also §7.1), with slope of the first branch Ke and slope of the second branch equal to αKe. The two lines constituting the bilinear curve may be determined graphically, on the basis of the approximate equality of the areas of the spaces above and below the intersections of the real and idealised curves (Fig. 5.2). There are two methods for calculating the bilinear curve: 1. The "simplifying" one, with values as provided by the EIA and entered in the parameters discussed below 2. The "method of equal areas", where these parameters are used as starting points for determining the bilinear.