Set Back Zone on Dip Slip Active Fault; A Case Study: The Pishva Fault in South Tehran

The south of Tehran lies in vicinity of the active faults such as Pishva, Kahrizak and Eyvan E Key and in the case of re-rupturing of these faults a serious disaster, perhaps financial and life losses may be occurred. In IBC (International Building Code) formula (Darlene & Batatian, 2002) dip, displacement and footing of building and criticality of building code have been considered as important factors for setback zone. In up thrown side we must: S=U (2D+F.tan-1θ) In down thrown side we must: S=U (2D). There is gap of world standard setback zone in Pishva. The Iranian setback zone code does not respect the IBC formula and is based on the field observations. the formula of IBC consider slip rate of the fault, the displacement factor, the type of structure, foundation of the building and the sensitivity of structure, while in Iran the zoning of the Berberian et al. (1364), which is based on the fault type and field observations has been continuously used. Thus, with combination of these two methods and with regard to the geotechnical issues, construction can be designed more carefully.