Seismic performance evaluation of coupled wall system with novel replaceable steel truss coupling beams

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 1284-1296 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yong Li ◽  
Ye Liu ◽  
Shaoping Meng
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Seismic Response ◽  
Time History ◽  
Nonlinear Time History Analysis ◽  
Coupling Beam ◽  
Coupling Beams ◽  
Coupled Wall ◽  
Steel Truss ◽  
Seismic Loadings ◽  
Wall System

Coupled wall systems are often used in high-rise buildings in zone of high seismic risk to provide lateral resistance to earthquake loading. Once damaged, reinforced concrete coupling beams are costly and time-consuming to repair post-earthquake. To enhance the seismic resilience for coupled wall structures, a novel replaceable steel truss coupling beam is first introduced. The proposed replaceable steel truss coupling beam consists of chord members at the top and bottom, respectively, and two buckling-restrained energy dissipaters are employed in the diagonal direction. The energy dissipaters can yield first before the wall piers and dissipate large amounts of energy to protect the main structure under seismic loadings. In addition, the energy dissipaters can be easily installed and post-earthquake repaired through pin connection with the chord members. This article mainly focused on the numerical and theoretical analyses of the proposed replaceable steel truss coupling beam, and nonlinear analytical models were developed in PERFORM-3D. An 11-story prototype structure was designed per Chinese code. The seismic response of hybrid coupled wall system with replaceable steel truss coupling beams was evaluated using nonlinear time history analysis and compared with the response of reinforced concrete coupled wall system with reinforced concrete coupling beams under seismic loadings. Results show that the proposed replaceable steel truss coupling beam leads to a good seismic response with reduced interstory drifts of the systems and rotational demand in the beams and wall piers due to a large energy dissipation capacity and overstrength.

Nonlinear seismic response predictions of walls coupled with steel and concrete beams

1998 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 803-818 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent A Harries ◽  
Denis Mitchell ◽  
Richard G Redwood ◽  
William D Cook
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic ◽  
Steel Beams ◽  
Coupling Beam ◽  
Coupling Beams ◽  
Coupled Wall ◽  
Dynamic Analyses ◽  
Nonlinear Dynamic Analyses ◽  
Steel Coupling Beam ◽  
Steel Coupling Beams

The design and nonlinear dynamic analyses of four coupled wall prototype structures are presented. Two ductile partially coupled and two ductile coupled wall structures are considered, each having reinforced concrete and steel coupling beams. The design of each of the prototype structures was based on the provisions of the 1995 National Building Code of Canada. Nonlinear dynamic analyses of each structure, using four different scaled earthquake ground motions are presented and the results discussed. Comparisons of the responses of the structures with concrete and steel coupling beams are made, demonstrating the advantages of using steel beams to couple reinforced concrete walls.Key words: composite construction, coupled wall, diagonally reinforced concrete coupling beam, "flexure critical" steel coupling beam, seismic design, "shear critical" steel coupling beam.

Behavior and Design of Reinforced Concrete, Steel, and Steel-Concrete Coupling Beams

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 775-799 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kent A. Harries ◽  
Bingnian Gong ◽  
Bahram M. Shahrooz
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
Lateral Loads ◽  
Coupling Beams ◽  
Coupled Wall ◽  
Current State ◽  
Energy Absorbing ◽  
Coupled Wall Systems ◽  
Wall System ◽  
Critical Aspects

The efficiency of coupled wall systems to resist lateral loads is well known. In order for the desired behavior of the coupled wall system to be attained, the coupling beams must be sufficiently strong and stiff. The coupling beams, however, must also yield before the wall piers, behave in a ductile manner, and exhibit significant energy-absorbing characteristics. This paper reviews the current state of the art for the design of conventional reinforced concrete, diagonally reinforced concrete, steel, and composite steel-concrete coupling beams. Although not exhaustive, critical aspects of the design of these systems are presented.

Seismic Response of Bridge Isolated with Friction Pendulum Systems

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 2122-2126
Author(s):  
Chang Feng Wang ◽  
Chun Lin Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Response ◽  
Time History ◽  
Nonlinear Time History Analysis ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
Simply Supported ◽  
Long Span ◽  
Steel Truss ◽  
Reduction Effect ◽  
Nonlinear Time History ◽  
Friction Pendulum

Friction pendulum systems are sliding bearing that make use of a spherical concave surface to provide a restoring force and friction force to dissipate earthquakes energy. Seismic response reduction effect of some tall pier and long span simply-supported steel truss girders with FPS is researched by using nonlinear time history analysis method. The results show that seismic response reduction effect is evident for the moment at the bottom of pier and displacement at the top of pier for the tall pier and long span simply-supported steel truss girders.

Study on Seismic Performance of Connection of Hybrid Coupled Wall System

2012 ◽  
Vol 256-259 ◽  
pp. 737-741
Author(s):  
An Liang Song ◽  
Ming Zhou Su ◽  
Xu Dong Li ◽  
Yun Shi ◽  
Zhen Shan Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Coupling Beam ◽  
Coupling Beams ◽  
Coupled Wall ◽  
Coupled Walls ◽  
Seismic Design Method ◽  
Steel Coupling Beam ◽  
Wall System ◽  
Better Than

Based on the state-of-the-art of the research on connection of steel coupling beam to shear wall, The steel coupling beam has satisfactory seismic performance which is better than reinforced concrete coupling beams and composite coupling beams. In this paper, the existing research results were summarized and some views were put forward. It was useful to develop a seismic design method for hybrid coupled walls in China.

scholarly journals Seismic Fragility Analysis of Multispan Reinforced Concrete Bridges Using Mainshock-Aftershock Sequences

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yutao Pang ◽  
Li Wu
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Earthquake Engineering ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Fragility Curves ◽  
Uniform Design ◽  
Time History ◽  
Fragility Analysis ◽  
Nonlinear Time History Analysis ◽  
Aftershock Sequences ◽  
System Fragility

Although the knowledge and technology of performance-based earthquake engineering have rapidly advanced in the past several decades, current seismic design codes simply ignore the effect of aftershocks on the performance of structures. Thus, the present paper investigated the effect of aftershocks on seismic responses of multispan reinforced concrete (RC) bridges using the fragility-based numerical approach. For that purpose, a continuous girder RC bridge class containing 8 bridges was selected based on the statistical analysis of the existing RC bridges in China. 75 recorded mainshock-aftershock seismic sequences from 10 well-known earthquakes were selected in this study. In order to account for the uncertainty of modeling parameters, uniform design method was applied as the sampling method for generating the samples for fragility analysis. Fragility curves were then developed using nonlinear time-history analysis in terms of the peak curvature of pier column and displacement of bearings. Finally, the system fragility curves were derived by implementing Monte Carlo simulation on multinormal distribution of two components. From the results of this investigation, it was found that, for the RC continuous bridges, the influence of aftershocks can be harmful to both bridge components and system, which increases both the component fragility of the displacement of bearings and seismic curvature of pier sections and system fragility.

Viscoelastic Coupling Dampers for Enhanced Multiple Seismic Hazard Level Performance of High-Rise Buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 1847-1867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renée MacKay-Lyons ◽  
Constantin Christopoulos ◽  
Michael Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Hazard ◽  
Structural Damage ◽  
Time History ◽  
Coupled System ◽  
Nonlinear Time History Analysis ◽  
Coupling Beams ◽  
Restoring Force ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Amplitude Maximum ◽  
Hazard Level

Viscoelastic coupling dampers (VCDs) are installed in lieu of traditional reinforced concrete (RC) coupling beams in high-rise buildings to provide distributed supplemental damping for all dynamic loading conditions without affecting the architectural layout. When distributed effectively over the height of the building, VCDs provide viscous damping in all lateral modes of vibration and an elastic restoring force that enhances the lateral stiffness of the coupled system. In this paper, a first extensive numerical case study is carried out to compare the seismic performance of a conventional coupled shear wall high-rise building to a high damping alternate of the same design in which VCDs replace all diagonal RC beams in the core to enhance its seismic resilience. The added damping from VCDs is intended to reduce the peak responses under low amplitude earthquakes, but for larger amplitude maximum credible earthquakes, the peak responses are similar; however, structural damage is greatly reduced. Three seismic hazard levels were investigated, and the results indicate that the use of VCDs reduces peak floor accelerations, story drifts, and story shears over all seismic intensities. Nonlinear time-history analysis results also highlighted the improved resilience of the VCD structure at the maximum credible seismic hazard level where the use of VCDs eliminated all damage to coupling beams that would otherwise require repair over most of the height of the building.

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