scholarly journals The Response of Residents of the Building and Non-structural Components, in Contrast to Explosions at Ground Level from the Standpoint of Passive Defense

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 495 ◽  
Author(s):  
MohammadReza Mozaffarpour Taromi ◽  
Hossein Khosravi
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Time History ◽  
Ground Level ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
High Rise ◽  
Healthy State ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Serious Injuries ◽  
And Control

The research by non-military research associations and assemblies on explosion have increased due to the growth in the death and damage rates resulting from explosion, particularly blasts induced by terroristic invasions which mostly occur on the ground. Most studies are conducted with a major focus on strengthening the structures against explosions. Further, scholars have focused on resistance and ductility criteria required for the design and control over structural elements. Now, the question is whether the health of a structure can represent its inhabitants’ health. Few studies have been done on the convenience of inhabitants and response of non-structural elements, which are limited to impact of vibrations on high-rise structures caused by the loads imposed by wind and earthquake. The important factors relevant to the health and convenience of building inhabitants are as follows: speed, acceleration, and variations in the acceleration of floors.In this paper, the aforementioned parameters are measured, according to which the convenience and health of inhabitants were assessed. For this purpose, two 4-story and 8-story buildings were selected on which four selective explosions were applied. The results were then presented in two forms of maximum values and dynamic response by performing dynamic modal linear time history analysis. The building's response under typical forces such as dead and live and earthquake forces was remarkably desirable and the behavior remained linear, but the building’s acceleration may cause serious injuries in terms of human comfort criteria. The obtained results indicated that the healthy state of the structure does not represent the health of the building inhabitants. Further, although the building was safe against the elective blasts, the lateral accelerations were capable of imposing significant damages to the building residents. This can be considered as a criterion for control and future designs from a passive defense point of view, as the explosions induced by terroristic attacks is increasing.

scholarly journals Stiffness Effects of Structural Elements on the Seismic Response of RC High-Rise Buildings

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-20
Author(s):  
D.-P. N. Kontoni ◽  
A. A. Farghaly
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Rectangular Cross Section ◽  
Time History ◽  
3D Models ◽  
Seismic Load ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
High Rise ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Floor Plans ◽  
Overall Performance

Abstract The stiffness of structural elements (columns, beams, and slabs) significantly contributes to the overall stiffness of reinforced concrete (RC) high-rise buildings (H.R.B.s) subjected to earthquake. In order to investigate what percentage each type of element contributes to the overall performance of an H.R.B. under seismic load, the stiffness of each type of element is reduced by 10% to 90%. A time history analysis by SAP2000 was performed on thirteen 3D models of 12-story RC buildings in order to illustrate the contribution of column stiffness and column cross sections (rectangular or square), building floor plans (square or rectangular), beam stiffness and slab stiffness, on building resistance to an earthquake. The stiffness of the columns contributed more than the beams and slabs to the earthquake resistance of H.R.B.s. Rectangular cross-section columns must be properly oriented in order for H.R.B.s and slender buildings to attain the maximum resistance against earthquakes.

scholarly journals Seismic Performance of Damper Installed In High-Rise Steel Building In Bangladesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
T. Tabassum ◽  
K.S. Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Time History ◽  
Time History Analysis ◽  
Friction Damper ◽  
Maximum Displacement ◽  
Maximum Acceleration ◽  
High Rise ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Steel Building ◽  
Joint Acceleration

This research paper describes the results of analysis of the seismic behavior of a thirty story steel building with and without damper under different earthquake acceleration signals. The proposed procedure placed the various types of damper like friction damper, bilinear damper and exponential damper on the top three floors of the building. The study compares the different performances such as the joint displacement, joint acceleration, the base force of structure with and without damper for a thirty-story steel building using ETAB2015. The study further performs time history analysis for different seismic accelerograms to observe the actual time domain responses of the structure. Linear time-history analysis on this steel building structure indicates that maximum displacement, maximum base force, and maximum acceleration effectively reduce in the presence of damper at top three floors of the building.

scholarly journals Record-to-record variability and code-compatible seismic safety-checking with limited number of records

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatemeh Jalayer ◽  
Hossein Ebrahimian ◽  
Andrea Miano
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Hazard ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Time History ◽  
Time History Analysis ◽  
Seismic Safety ◽  
Hazard Curve ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Non Linear ◽  
Seismic Hazard Curve ◽  
Cloud Analysis

AbstractThe Italian code requires spectrum compatibility with mean spectrum for a suite of accelerograms selected for time-history analysis. Although these requirements define minimum acceptability criteria, it is likely that code-based non-linear dynamic analysis is going to be done based on limited number of records. Performance-based safety-checking provides formal basis for addressing the record-to-record variability and the epistemic uncertainties due to limited number of records and in the estimation of the seismic hazard curve. “Cloud Analysis” is a non-linear time-history analysis procedure that employs the structural response to un-scaled ground motion records and can be directly implemented in performance-based safety-checking. This paper interprets the code-based provisions in a performance-based key and applies further restrictions to spectrum-compatible record selection aiming to implement Cloud Analysis. It is shown that, by multiplying a closed-form coefficient, code-based safety ratio could be transformed into simplified performance-based safety ratio. It is shown that, as a proof of concept, if the partial safety factors in the code are set to unity, this coefficient is going to be on average slightly larger than unity. The paper provides the basis for propagating the epistemic uncertainties due to limited sample size and in the seismic hazard curve to the performance-based safety ratio both in a rigorous and simplified manner. If epistemic uncertainties are considered, the average code-based safety checking could end up being unconservative with respect to performance-based procedures when the number of records is small. However, it is shown that performance-based safety checking is possible with no extra structural analyses.

Enhancing the application potential of dissipative controlled rocking connections through detailing and design

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon McHaffie ◽  
Peter Routledge ◽  
Alessandro Palermo
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Time History ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Real Structure ◽  
Construction Costs ◽  
Alternative Design ◽  
Design Philosophy ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Application Potential ◽  
The University

<p>Research on low-damage systems has been significant in the past decade. These systems combine post- tensioning, which provides self-centring; and typically use replaceable devices, which give energy dissipation. WSP has used recent research, carried out at the University of Canterbury, on low-damage bridge piers and applied this into a real structure – the Wigram-Magdala Link Bridge. This is believed to be the first bridge in New Zealand and possibly worldwide to adopt such a system. Given this was the first application of the system to a real structure, there were some valuable learnings during design and construction. Firstly, the application of axial dissipaters has some limitations due to available material sizes, construction difficulty and aesthetics. Secondly, there is still some additional cost and complexity associated with using the low-damage system. Given these difficulties, this paper presents an alternative design philosophy which better captures the benefits of the low-damage system, which include cost-effective repair method, controlled damage and additional robustness and resilience. The alternative design philosophy presented is expected to result in reduced construction costs by reducing pier and foundation demands. Peak displacements and forces will be compared to the results from non-linear time history analysis to verify the performance of the low-damage connection using scaled ground motions. Furthermore, the paper will present the possible application of an alternative dissipation device, the lead extrusion damper, which can further improve the performance of low-damage connections.</p>

Seismic performance of Greater Jakarta LRT with added lead rubber bearing using non-linear time history analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iswandi Imran ◽  
Marie Hamidah ◽  
Tri Suryadi ◽  
Hasan Al-Harris ◽  
Syamsul Hidayat
Keyword(s):  
Linear Time ◽  
Time History ◽  
Time History Analysis ◽  
Performance Level ◽  
Structural Performance ◽  
Isolation System ◽  
Rubber Bearing ◽  
Lead Rubber Bearing ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Seismic System

<p>In order to overcome stringent seismic requirement in the new Greater Jakarta Light Rail Transit Project, a breakthrough seismic system shall be chosen to obtain expected structural performance. This seismic system shall be designed to provide operational performance level after strong earthquake events. To achieve the criteria, seismic isolation system using Lead Rubber Bearings is chosen. With this isolation system, Greater Jakarta LRT has become the first seismically isolated infrastructure and apparently an infrastructure with the largest numbers of LRBs in one single project in Indonesia. More than 10.400 Pcs LRBs are used for the first phase of the construction and the numbers will be certainly increased in the next phase of the construction. To evaluate the structural performance, non-linear time history analysis is used. A total of 3 pair matched ground motions will be used as the input for the response history analysis. The ability of the lead rubber bearing to isolate and dissipate earthquake actions will determine its structural performance level. This will be represented by the nonlinear hysteretic curves obtained throughout the earthquake actions.</p>

Static and Dynamic Analysis for Tower in a High-Rise Steel Reinforced Concrete Composite Structure

2013 ◽  
Vol 788 ◽  
pp. 558-561
Author(s):  
Jian Qiang Wang ◽  
Wen Tao Ma ◽  
Min Jing Ma
Keyword(s):  
Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Composite Structure ◽  
Linear Time ◽  
Response Spectrum ◽  
Time History ◽  
Vibration Period ◽  
Small Earthquake ◽  
Steel Reinforced Concrete ◽  
Static And Dynamic Analysis ◽  
High Rise

Steel reinforced concrete composite structure which apply in the high-rise buildings, not only save steel, but also have excellent properties in fire prevention, anti-corrosion, and seismic performance, and improve the speed of construction, economic efficiency.This thesis based on the analyse of a steel reinforced concrete composite structure tower and the domestic and foreign experts study use Finite Element Analysis software SAP2000 analyze the dynamic Performance of the structure to draw the inherent vibration period and frequency of the structure. The structure is analyzed to obtain its deformation with different height of the structural elements under a small earthquake. Structure and component in elastic stage when suffur a small earthquake. Using the mode decomposition response spectrum method and method of linear time history analysis, the maximum horizontal displacements of the structural layer, the maximum inter-story displacement and the maximum inter-story displacement angle is obtained to see if the results within a predetermined range.

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