Reinforced concrete (RC) piloti buildings are vulnerable in the event of earthquake because the stiffness in the 1st story columns is weak to compare with the members in upper stories. In this study, seismic performances of RC piloti structures were evaluated considering with different types of floor plane layouts according to core eccentricity. With four types of floor plane layouts, five stories plioti structures were evaluated by two approaches, a nonlinear pushover analysis and a nonlinear time-history analysis. In order to improve seismic performances by satisfying the collapse prevention (CP) level, two ductile reinforcing methods by carbon fiber sheets and steel jackets were applied. Due to eccentricities in stiffness and mass with directions of plane and vertical stories, piloti structures were greatly influenced by higher order modes, so the seismic performances by the time-history analysis were significantly different from by the static pushover analysis.

In this study, the seismic performance of a Low-rise Pilotis Building with Eccentric Core is investigated. Low-rise Pilotis Buildings are very popular in Korea, but regarded as very weak structure to earthquake.

Recently, Earthquake occurrence in korea has become frequent, and the seismic safety of low-rise piloti buildings becomes more and more important. In this study, the differences in seismic performance between before and after reinforced by concrete filled steel tube (CFT) of low-rise central core type piloti building structures were compared.

Recently, Earthquake occurrence in korea has become frequent, and the seismic safety of low-rise piloti buildings becomes more and more important. In this study, the differences in seismic performance between before and after reinforced by concrete filled steel tube (CFT) of low-rise central core type piloti building structures were compared.