Estimado del maximo desplazamiento de entrepiso en edificios de hormigon armado para registros de aceleracion derivados para Puerto Rico

Through the history of Puerto Rico we know that 4 strong earthquakes have affected us at least from the colonization.; The seismic danger for Puerto Rico increases from west to east. Although in general the entire Island is exposed to the danger is expected that the most affected areas are those of the south-west, due to the proximity of seismic faults. Today the damages that an earthquake would produce like those that have occurred in the past are greater than ever. Since the population and the structures are much greater than before.; The work in this thesis, arises due the concern from the Commissioner of Insurances of Puerto Rico in being able to establish the Maxima Probable Lost because the expected earthquake. Therefore, a parametric study was made which allows estimating with simple structural parameters the maximum drift that symmetrical reinforced concrete buildings can experiment due to the artificial ground motion record for the main cities of Rico Rico.; A series of buildings were selected with different number of floors, height of floor and percentage of wall area. Three-dimensional models were created which were analyzed with the artificial ground motion record and these were analyzed with the program Sap 2000. Later the results were related to be able to estimate the maximum drift.