Estudio comparativo del empleo de aisladores en edificaciones esenciales siguiendo la propuesta de norma sísmica de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Since 2015, the structural designers design with the Ecuadorian Construction Standard, which has been questioned for the damages presented in structures during seismic events. The Guayaquil Municipality, located in a highly seismic country, proposes a committee of Civil Engineers of that city to develop a New Seismic Standard that is applicable for structures with seismic insulators. This degree work evaluates a design with seismic isolation prepared with the New Proposal of the Seismic Standard of Guayaquil that incorporate specifications of the Minimum Design Loads and Associated Criteria for Buildings and Other Structures of the Amercian Society of Civil Engineers and another design developed with the NEC- 15. The análisis and comparations of both buildings, allow us conclude that although the structure with seismic isolation is of greater cost, it’ll have greater advantages in the use of essential type buildings.