DETERMINATION AND STUDY OF RESIDUAL CAPACITY IN OLD BUILDINGS: CASE STUDY OF A VERY OLD BUILDING IN RABAT - MOROCCO

Authors

  • Ibtissam Kourdou
  • Toufik Cherradi

Keywords:

Rehabilitation, Raise of existing buildings, Overload, Reinforcement, Lining posts

Abstract

The rehabilitation of old buildings implies a change of destination and use of the building. But
the change of destination involves renovation works and therefore different live and operating loads. Indeed,
the purpose of this article is to determine the influencing factors on the bearing capacity of old buildings:
reinforced concrete buildings (poles structure - beams) or masonry buildings (walls bearing structure and
metal floor).In order to answer this issue, we will review the different diagnostic methods and study their
performance and their applicability in this particular case. The example of this old building presents a case
study of calculating the actual capacity of an old building in the historic center of the city of Rabat. The
discussed building has structural pathologies. The aim of this study is to recalculate the building’s capacity
using the actual characteristics (reinforcing section, coating, concrete quality, masonry quality and the current
operating loads based on the current building use) in order to determine the rate of the building’s load. To
identify the supporting structure of the building, we have conducted a survey of structural elements on site,
which has also identified the structural pathologies. The diagnostic work, developed in this article, has
confirmed the structural elements and allowed us to conclude about the bearing capacity of the structure.

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Published

2021-11-22

How to Cite

Ibtissam Kourdou, & Toufik Cherradi. (2021). DETERMINATION AND STUDY OF RESIDUAL CAPACITY IN OLD BUILDINGS: CASE STUDY OF A VERY OLD BUILDING IN RABAT - MOROCCO. GEOMATE Journal, 11(27), 2730–2733. Retrieved from https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/2764