Reply: Dynamic response of buildings to ground rotational motion

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 1022-1023
Author(s):  
A. M. Awad ◽  
J. L. Humar
1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. M. Awad ◽  
J. L. Humar

Torsional motion in a building subjected to earthquake force is often attributed to an eccentricity between the centres of mass and resistance of the building. However, a more direct cause of torsional response is the presence of a rotational component in the earthquake motion. The effect of such a rotational motion on the response of both a symmetric and an unsymmetric single storey building model is studied. It is shown that the rotational component of excitation may have a very significant effect on the response, and that this effect may at times be more pronounced than the effect of torsion resulting from translational motion combined with plan eccentricity.


Author(s):  
Edward Seckel ◽  
Ian A. M. Hall ◽  
Duane T. McRuer ◽  
David H. Weir
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1991 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Nifle ◽  
H. J. Hilhorst

1992 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 1803-1809
Author(s):  
V. K. Dolganov ◽  
G. Heppke ◽  
H.-S. Kitzerow

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