Structural evaluation and seismic rehabilitation of the Samarina Hotel owned by the Santa Elena Peninsula University, for the creation of an energy dissipation model

Abstract

The Samarina Hotel is located close to the sea, at 12 m s.n.m., at La Libertad, Province of Santa Elena. It was constructed at the end of the decade of the 50. The hotel has a ground floor and three high floors and it has reinforced concrete structures with surface of 26382. In the Ecuador and principally at Province of Santa Elena, has a high seismicity conditions because of it are located near to the zone of subduction of the Nazca South plates. An evaluation and structural diagnosis was performed, according to NEC 2011 proceeding, and also with the uniform codes of building UBC97. It is important to indicate that the actual building does not fulfill the design seismic resistant requirements. To improve the level resistant earthquake was performed. A system of reinforcement, spendthrifts' compound of energy placed in the lateral faces and columns reinforcement in four levels that compose the building was implemented with the software free ETAB's.