Seismic Behavior of Multistory Building with and Without Transfer Level Subjected to Earthquake Excitations

Abstract

In today’s world of complex planning, necessity of a transfer girder/floor arises when there is any irregularity in the vertical continuity of columns and the loads are large enough. In order to transfer the massive load of high rise buildings to the supports then to the foundations, a huge tabletop-like slab is constructed using reinforced cement concrete this thick plate like structural arrangement is called a transfer slab/floor. And if such irregular columns are erected from beams it is called as transfer girder. The use of transfer girder/floor requires critical analysis and thorough knowledge of structural complexities. This paper aims at analyzing the critical parameters of structure with and without transfer level in RCC frame structure by doing static as well as dynamic analysis. Such structural transfer levels are one of the most complexes in the construction of a multi-storey building.