Assessment and strengthening of a sixteen storey rc building damaged by air attack

Abstract EN

During the 2008-2009 Israeli aggression against Gaza Strip, about 4,100 residential units were completely destroyed and another 17,000 units suffered partial destruction.

One of the damaged main buildings was a 16 story residential tower, which was attacked from air by a large number of missiles, causing a variety of structural damages.

This work aims at assessing the structural damages incurred to the building.

Visual inspection and structural modeling using ETABS are used to determine whether the building is to be demolished or repaired / strengthened.

Based on this, proposed rehabilitation schemes are set out.

The results indicate that the building can be repaired by application of specified rehabilitation techniques, which are expected to ensure the structural safety of this building for current and future loading.