Estudio de métodos de rehabilitación usados en edificios afectados por el sismo del 16 de abril de 2016 en el Ecuador.

Abstract

This work is a compilation of information about the buildings that were reinforced or are to be reinforced after the earthquake of April 16, 2016 in Ecuador. Newspapers, professional reports and articles of Internet were used to identify such buildings. Once those buildings were identified, letters were sent to public offices to request information about the buildings and their method of reinforcing. When this information was partially obtained, the elastic response during the earthquake of a degree of freedom system with vibration period similar to that of every building was determined, based on the 2015 Ecuadorian Construction Code (NEC-15). Latter, the seismic design factor used for the construction of every building was obtained, and used to calculate the effective reduction factor, which compares the elastic response of a 1 DOF system during the earthquake with the seismic design factor. With the effective reduction factor, a partial understanding of the behavior of the buildings during the 2016 earthquake was reached . At the same time, with the information provided, it was possible to know the reinforcing method of every building. With all this information, it was determined if the reinforc ed methods used comply with the NEC-15.