scholarly journals A sectionalized-dual-band method for the selection of ground motion record sets

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3A) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongmei Hou ◽  

It is of great importance to select appropriate ground motion records for time-history dynamic analysis of structures. The consistency between record response spectral shape and seismic design response spectral shape is the basic principle for records selection. A sectionalized-dual-band (SDB) method considering influence of higher modes was proposed to select ground motion records according to the seismic fortification intensity requirements and the site characteristic. Furthermore, the newly proposed method has been employed to construct record sets within the whole response spectrum period. As compared with other traditional methods, the records obtained from the SDB method are more effective in predicting base shear derived from time-history dynamic analysis. When the period of a structure is determined, the records in the matched period range of the records set can be directly used to conduct time-history dynamic analysis. This method can avoid tedious work for reselecting ground motion records for different structures in the same seismic design intensity and site conditions.

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 130-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. K. Tso ◽  
T. J. Zhu

The November 25, 1988, Saguenay earthquake was the most significant seismic event in eastern North America over the last 50 years. Based on strong ground motion records from this earthquake, an analytical study was undertaken to evaluate the seismic design base shear provisions of the National Building Code of Canada for buildings located in the eastern regions of Canada. In light of the observed damage to masonry structures in the epicentral region, emphasis was placed on the evaluation of the codified minimum seismic strength for masonry structural systems. Key words: earthquake, ground motion, seismic design strength, code, masonry, buildings, damage, ductility.


2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 617-635 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Wang ◽  
Robert Youngs ◽  
Maurice Power ◽  
Zhihua Li

The Design Ground Motion Library (DGML) is an interactive tool for selecting earthquake ground motion time histories based on contemporary knowledge and engineering practice. It was created from a ground motion database that consists of 3,182 records from shallow crustal earthquakes in active tectonic regions rotated to fault-normal and fault-parallel directions. The DGML enables users to construct design response spectra based on Next-Generation Attenuation (NGA) relationships, including conditional mean spectra, code spectra, and user-specified spectra. It has the broad capability of searching for time history record sets in the database on the basis of the similarity of a record's response spectral shape to a design response spectrum over a user-defined period range. Selection criteria considering other ground motion characteristics and user needs are also provided. The DGML has been adapted for online application by the Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER) and incorporated as a beta version on the PEER database website.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1986-1990

The structural response of any structure is the result of various dynamic phenomenon which lead to vibrations or shaking of the structure , depending on the duration of the ground motion, its frequency and time period. In the present work, dynamic analysis of a typical steel silo is done by using linear Time History Analysis and Response Spectrum method for earthquake Zone V as per Indian code. Two analyses are carried out namely, Time History Analysis (THA) and Response Spectrum Analysis (RSA) using STAAD.ProV8i software. The Load combinations are worked out as per IS-1893-2002. The results in terms of Fundamental natural period, Design Base shear, Lateral Displacements, are compared for the two different silo models considered in the present study.


2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-316
Author(s):  
M Nadir Olabi ◽  
Osman Kirtel ◽  
Naci Caglar

One of the buildings that were designed depending on the old Syrian Code is selected and modeled using SAP2000 by taking its non-linear properties to be checked under dynamical loading. Three earthquake records are taken and applied to the model as Time History loading cases. The dynamical displacement of the top roof of the building and the hysterical diagrams of the relation between base shear and roof displacement is compared and discussed. Asymmetry of shear walls and cores is responsible of the differences in responses of building elements, and insufficient nonlinear modeling of shear walls prevents from finding the real capacity of the system, although comparing pushover curves with hysteric loops from the applied ground motion excitations shows that the building is capable, depending on its old design, to withstand various types of extreme ground motions and earthquakes.


2003 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 338-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murat Saatcioglu ◽  
JagMohan Humar

The proposed 2005 edition of the National Building Code of Canada specifies dynamic analysis as the preferred method for computing seismic design forces and deflections, while maintaining the equivalent static force method for areas of low seismicity and for buildings with certain height limitations. Dynamic analysis procedures are categorized as either linear (elastic) dynamic analysis, consisting of the elastic modal response spectrum method or the numerical integration linear time history method, or nonlinear (inelastic) response history analysis. While both linear and nonlinear analyses require careful analytical modelling, the latter requires additional considerations for proper simulation of hysteretic response and necessitates a special study that involves detailed review of design and supporting analyses by an independent team of engineers. The paper provides an overview of dynamic analysis procedures for use in seismic design, with discussions on mathematical modelling of structures, structural elements, and hysteretic response. A discussion of the determination of structural period to be used in association with the equivalent static force method is presented.Key words: dynamic analysis, earthquake engineering, elastic analysis, fundamental period, hysteretic modelling, inelastic analysis, National Building Code of Canada, seismic design, structural analysis, structural design.


Author(s):  
Marame Brinissat ◽  
Rajmund Kuti ◽  
Zouhir Louhibi

Dynamic analysis is very important to better understand the performance of structural elements of a bridge. For this purpose, a seismic analysis of an Algerian highway bridge designed with the new Algerian seismic bridge regulation (RPOA -2008) was carried out using linear and nonlinear analyses. Therefore, response spectrum, time history analyses were performed to evaluate the seismic responses of the designed bridge. The performance of the designed bridge is assessed using 10 ground motion records. The proposed methodology allows an efficient comparison of the seismic response of the bridge in terms of base shear forces, bending moment and displacements. Finally, the paper concludes with a discussion of the specific outcomes.


1979 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-185
Author(s):  
J. L. Humar

A study is made of the feasibility and usefulness of a seismic design method for multistorey steel-frame buildings. The method employs a time-series elastic response analysis of the structure for a ground motion compatible with a design response spectrum. The correlation between the elastic and elasto-plastic response is investigated and it is suggested that the design forces in the members of an elasto-plastic structure can be obtained by applying appropriate reduction factors to the forces obtained in an elastic analysis.A design example is presented in which a multistorey steel-frame building with a rather large setback is designed for seismic forces by using the results of an elastic dynamic analysis for a selected ground motion and reducing the forces so obtained by applying one uniform force reduction factor to all girder moments and another, a smaller one, to all column moments and axial loads.


Author(s):  
Dion Marriott

This paper discusses the application of the Structural Performance factor (SP) within a Direct Displacement-Based Design framework (Direct-DBD). As stated within the New Zealand loadings standard, NZS1170.5:2004 [1], the SP factor is a base shear multiplier (reduction factor) for ductile structures, i.e. as the design ductility increases, the SP factor reduces. The SP factor is intended to acknowledge the better-than-expected structural behaviour of ductile systems (both strength, and ductility capacity) by accounting for attributes of response that designers are unable to reliably estimate. The SP factor also recognizes the less dependable seismic performance of non-ductile structures, by permitting less of a reduction (a larger SP factor) for non-ductile structures. Within a traditional force-based design framework the SP factor can be applied to either the design response spectrum (a seismic hazard/demand multiplier), or as a base shear multiplier at the end of design (structural capacity multiplier) – either of these two approaches will yield an identical design in terms of the required design base shear and computed ULS displacement/drift demands. However, these two approaches yield very different outcomes within a Direct-DBD framework – in particular, if SP is applied to the seismic demand, the design base shear is effectively multiplied by (SP)2 (i.e. a two-fold reduction). This paper presents a “DBD-corrected” SP factor to be applied to the design response spectrum in Direct-DBD in order to achieve the intent of the SP factor as it applies to force-based design. The proposed DBD-corrected SP factor is attractive in that it is identical to the SP relationship applied to the elastic site hazard spectrum C(T) for numerical integration time history method of analysis within NZS 1170.5:2004 [1], SP,DDBD = (1+SP)/2.


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