A Comparison between the 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code and the Eurocode 8 for Sample Buildings

Earthquake are a natural phenomenon caused by the shifting of tectonic plate in the crest layer of the earth. Based on its magnitude it can cause a catastrophic effect on structures which expose people to losses in lives and money. The 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code and the Eurocode 8 are among many design codes that are concerned in the safety of buildings from future earthquakes. In this thesis, the 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code and Eurocode 8 are compared. Five different cases were chosen and designed, with each case study containing different type of irregularies. For the sake of evaluating the designed structure with regards to earthquake, the non-linear static pushover analysis method presented in TEC-2007 was chosen for 3 floor and 5 floor buildings. Finally the performance, the cost and damage percentage of each Eurocode 8 case with its 2007 Turkish Earthquake Code counterpart have been compared using three different analysis cases which represent different combination of spectrum, A0 and behavior factor. At the end each case was compared to find out the performance of each code in the event of an earthquake.