An earthquake resistant building is one that has been deliberately designed in such a way that it remains safe and suffers no appreciable damage during destructive earthquake. However, it has been that during past earthquakes many of the buildings were collapsed due to failure of members. To model the complex behavior of reinforced concrete analytically in its non-linear zone is difficult. This has led engineers in the past to rely heavily on empirical formulas which were derived from numerous experiments for the design of reinforced concrete structures. For structural design and assessment of reinforced concrete members, the non-linear analysis has become an important tool. The method can be used to study the behavior of reinforced concrete structures including force redistribution. During severe earthquakes, the structures undergo deformations well in excess of their yield deformations and consequently suffer damage at certain locations. The location and degree of damage reflects the performance of the structure as well as its non-structural components. Consequently a deformation-based analysis and design is more rational and meaningful than a force-based analysis and design. Such an analysis helps in evaluating the location and degree of damage and thus evaluates the performance of the structure. This analysis of the nonlinear response of RC structures to be carried out in a routine fashion. It helps in the investigation of the behavior of the structure under different loading conditions, its load deflection behavior and the cracks pattern. In the present study, the non-linear response of RCC frame using SAP2000 under the loading has been carried out with the intention to investigate the relative importance of several factors in the non-linear analysis of RCC frames.

An earthquake resistant building is one that has been deliberately designed in such a way that it remains safe and suffers no appreciable damage during destructive earthquake.