Effect of Velocity Dependence on Sliding Characteristic of Sliding Types of Base Isolation Systems Each With Numerous Sliding Interfaces
Current structural analysis software programs offer few if any applicable device-specific hysteresis rules or nonlinear elements considering the velocity effect on the mechanical behavior of the multiple friction pendulum system (MFPS) with numerous sliding interfaces. Based on the concept of subsystems, here we propose an equivalent series system that adopts existing nonlinear elements with parameters systematically calculated and mathematically proven through rigorous derivations to take into account the velocity dependence effect on the sliding behavior of the sliding interfaces in the sliding type base isolators. Evaluations of the velocity dependence effect on the features of the sliding motions on numerous sliding interfaces have also been carried out. Results from the given examples demonstrate that the sliding motions of sliding interfaces considering velocity dependence behave quite differently from those excluding the effect of velocity dependence.