COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BEAMS BECAUSE OF SEISMIC LOADS FOR DIFFERENT MATERIALS

Beams are the most important members of any civil structures because they bear the loads which act on the structure and hence provide a safe and secure closed area for the human beings to live. Because of this ever-increasing importance of the beams, researchers have studied a lot about the beams in order to enhance their properties. One such effort has been made in the current paper to analyse the beams for different materials. One G+4 building structure has been considered here for the analysis which will be tested and validated for seismic loads. Two load combinations have been used and the beams have been analysed for maximum relative displacement, maximum positive moment, maximum negative moment and maximum positive shear force for four outer beams which are supposed to be affected the most because of seismic loading. Cross-section of the beams will remain the same and for the current analysis rectangular cross-section of 0.23 m x 0.3 m has been selected.