A CASE STUDY: RETROFIT DESIGN OF AN EXISTING STEEL STRUCTURE LOCATED IN ZAHEDAN

this study presents the seismic evaluation and retrofit design of an existing three story steel structured located in zahedan city in iran this building is common type of educational buildings that has been constructed in 1990 s in zahedan. At first overall and local vulneability of this building is evaluated and it is clarified that the most important weakness of these kinds of building s is lack of proper shear strngth for resisting against earthquake loads.