Earthquake resistant design of eccentric, braced frame, steel buildings for improved inelastic response

2012 ◽  
pp. 345-350 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Steel Buildings ◽  
Braced Frame ◽  
Inelastic Response ◽  
Earthquake Resistant Design ◽  
Earthquake Resistant

Earthquake resistant design of concentrically braced steel frames

1991 ◽  
Vol 18 (5) ◽  
pp. 839-850 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. G. Redwood ◽  
V. S. Channagiri
Keyword(s):  
Structural Engineering ◽  
Steel Structures ◽  
Braced Frames ◽  
Concentrically Braced Frames ◽  
Braced Frame ◽  
Earthquake Resistant Design ◽  
Earthquake Resistant ◽  
Concentrically Braced ◽  
Engineering Steel ◽  
The Impact

New provisions of the CSA standard for steel structures (CAN/CSA-S16.1-M89) dealing with detailing of concentrically braced frames for seismic design are described and related to requirements of the National Building Code of Canada. The basis of the new requirements is outlined, and an example eight-storey frame is used to outline a methodology for the design process for a ductile braced frame and to illustrate the impact of the provisions. Key words: design, structural engineering, steel, earthquakes, braced frame, standards.

Performance of Steel Structures in the September 19 and 20, 1985 Mexico Earthquakes

1987 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 329-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Hanson ◽  
H. W. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Mexico City ◽  
Steel Structures ◽  
Steel Buildings ◽  
Research Issues ◽  
Steel Construction ◽  
Earthquake Resistant Design ◽  
Earthquake Resistant

A description of the various types of steel structures built in Mexico City includes comparisons of the older types of steel construction with more modern buildings. Performance of steel buildings in the September 1985 earthquake was related to the local geotechnical conditions including foundation behavior. The collapses of the Edificio 21 Atlas and Conjunto Pino Suarez buildings raise important earthquake resistant design and research issues.

Seismic evaluation of single-storey steel buildings

1999 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 379-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
M S Medhekar ◽  
DJL Kennedy
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Response Spectrum ◽  
Time History ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Steel Buildings ◽  
Concentrically Braced Frames ◽  
Braced Frame ◽  
Seismic Zones ◽  
Concentrically Braced Frame ◽  
Concentrically Braced

The seismic performance of single-storey steel buildings, with concentrically braced frames and a roof diaphragm that acts structurally, is evaluated. The buildings are designed in accordance with the National Building Code of Canada 1995 and CSA Standard S16.1-94 for five seismic zones in western Canada with seismicities ranging from low to high. Only frames designed with a force modification factor of 1.5 are considered. Analytical models of the building are developed, which consider the nonlinear seismic behaviour of the concentrically braced frame, the strength and stiffness contributions of the cladding, and the flexibility, strength, and distributed mass of the roof diaphragm. The seismic response of the models is assessed by means of a linear static analysis, a response spectrum analysis, a nonlinear static or "pushover" analysis, and nonlinear dynamic time history analyses. The results indicate that current design procedures provide a reasonable estimate of the drift and brace ductility demand, but do not ensure that yielding is restricted to the braces. Moreover, in moderate and high seismic zones, the roof diaphragm responds inelastically and brace connections are overloaded. Recommendations are made to improve the seismic performance of such buildings.Key words: analyses, concentrically braced frame, dynamic, earthquake, flexible diaphragm, low-rise, nonlinear, seismic design, steel.

scholarly journals FUNDAMENTAL STUDY ON EARTHQUAKE RESISTANT DESIGN OF FILL-TYPE DAMS

1983 ◽  
Vol 1983 (339) ◽  
pp. 127-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshio OHNE ◽  
Hidehiro TATEBE ◽  
Kunitomo NARITA ◽  
Tetsuo OKUMURA
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Study ◽  
Earthquake Resistant Design ◽  
Earthquake Resistant

A NEURAL NETWORK-WAVELET MODEL FOR GENERATING ARTIFICIAL ACCELEROGRAMS

2004 ◽  
Vol 02 (03) ◽  
pp. 217-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
GENE F. SIRCA ◽  
HOJJAT ADELI
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Geographic Location ◽  
Training Data ◽  
Wavelet Network ◽  
Design Spectrum ◽  
Earthquake Resistant Design ◽  
Earthquake Resistant ◽  
Structural Configurations ◽  
Earthquake Accelerograms ◽  
Artificial Accelerograms

In earthquake-resistant design of structures, for certain structural configurations and conditions, it is necessary to use accelerograms for dynamic analysis. Accelerograms are also needed to simulate the effects of earthquakes on a building structure in the laboratory. A new method of generating artificial earthquake accelerograms is presented through adroit integration of neural networks and wavelets. A counterpropagation (CPN) neural network model is developed for generating artificial accelerograms from any given design spectrum such as the International Building Code (IBC) design spectrum. Using the IBC design spectrum as network input means an accelerogram may be generated for any geographic location regardless of whether earthquake records exist for that particular location or not. In order to improve the efficiency of the model, the CPN network is modified with the addition of the wavelet transform as a data compression tool to create a new CPN-wavelet network. The proposed CPN-wavelet model is trained using 20 sets of accelerograms and tested with additional five sets of accelerograms available from the U.S. Geological Survey. Given the limited set of training data, the result is quite remarkable.

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