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Book Synopsis Influence of Modeling Parameters and Assumptions on the Seismic Response of an Existing Reinforced Concrete Building by : Bugra Barin
Download or read book Influence of Modeling Parameters and Assumptions on the Seismic Response of an Existing Reinforced Concrete Building written by Bugra Barin and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Influence of Modeling Parameters and Assumptions on the Seismic Response of an Existing Reinforced Concrete Building by : Bugra Barin
Download or read book Influence of Modeling Parameters and Assumptions on the Seismic Response of an Existing Reinforced Concrete Building written by Bugra Barin and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Modelling and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Dynamic Loading by : Christian Meyer
Download or read book Modelling and Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Dynamic Loading written by Christian Meyer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive review of the material behavior of concrete under dynamic loads, especially impact and impuls, opens the volume. It is followed by a summary of the various analytical tools available to engineers interested in analyzing the nonlinear behavior of reinforced concrete members for dynamic load. These range from relatively simple and practice-oriented push-over analysis to sophisticated layered finite element models. Important design-related topics are discussed, with special emphasis on performance of concrete frames subjected to seismic loads. The significance of modern software systems is recognized by including extensive examples. For readers not current in dynamic analysis methods, an appendix contains a review of the mathematical methods most commonly used for such analysis.
Book Synopsis Analytical Models for the Nonlinear Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames by : Michael W. Hopper
Download or read book Analytical Models for the Nonlinear Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Frames written by Michael W. Hopper and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis aims to identify the optimal combination of hysteresis-modeling and damping parameters implemented in nonlinear dynamic analysis to obtain satisfactory correlation between calculated and measured seismic response of reinforced concrete frames. A total of five parameters are included in this investigation: initial stiffness, bond-slip rotations, post-yield stiffness, unloading stiffness, and viscous damping. These parameters directly influence the seismic response of individual frame members. In this study, frame elements are modeled using lumped plasticity by means of an elastic middle portion bounded by nonlinear springs that connect each end of the member to a rigid segment representing the beam-column joints. Three small-scale shake-table multistory test structures and two orthogonal structural systems from an existing seven-story building with recorded seismic responses are used in this study. Each test structure was analyzed using three computer programs for two separate base accelerations and the analytical responses were compared to the measured responses using the Frequency Domain Error (FDE) index. The existing building was analyzed for a single recorded seismic event. After analyzing each structure with all possible combinations of modeling parameters, the optimal combinations of parameters leading to the best correlations between the calculated and measured response were identified. Simplified rules are given to derive the modeling parameters that give consistent low values of FDE for the various structures and structural analysis programs considered.
Book Synopsis Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Members for Seismic-response Analysis by : Said Adib Kaba
Download or read book Modelling of Reinforced Concrete Members for Seismic-response Analysis written by Said Adib Kaba and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author :fib Fédération internationale du béton Publisher :fib Fédération internationale du béton ISBN 13 :9782883940642 Total Pages :322 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (46 download)
Book Synopsis Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Buildings by : fib Fédération internationale du béton
Download or read book Seismic Assessment and Retrofit of Reinforced Concrete Buildings written by fib Fédération internationale du béton and published by fib Fédération internationale du béton. This book was released on 2003-08-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In most parts of the developed world, the building stock and the civil infrastructure are ageing and in constant need of maintenance, repair and upgrading. Moreover, in the light of our current knowledge and of modern codes, the majority of buildings stock and other types of structures in many parts of the world are substandard and deficient. This is especially so in earthquake-prone regions, as, even there, seismic design of structures is relatively recent. In those regions the major part of the seismic threat to human life and property comes from old buildings. Due to the infrastructure's increasing decay, frequently combined with the need for structural upgrading to meet more stringent design requirements (especially against seismic loads), structural retrofitting is becoming more and more important and receives today considerable emphasis throughout the world. In response to this need, a major part of the fib Model Code 2005, currently under development, is being devoted to structural conservation and maintenance. More importantly, in recognition of the importance of the seismic threat arising from existing substandard buildings, the first standards for structural upgrading to be promoted by the international engineering community and by regulatory authorities alike are for seismic rehabilitation of buildings. This is the case, for example, of Part 3: Strengthening and Repair of Buildings of Eurocode 8 (i. e. of the draft European Standard for earthquake-resistant design), and which is the only one among the current (2003) set of 58 Eurocodes attempting to address the problem of structural upgrading. It is also the case of the recent (2001) ASCE draft standard on Seismic evaluation of existing buildings and of the 1996 Law for promotion of seismic strengthening of existing reinforced concrete structures in Japan. As noted in Chapter 1 of this Bulletin, fib - as CEB and FIP did before - has placed considerable emphasis on assessment and rehabilitation of existing structures. The present Bulletin is a culmination of this effort in the special but very important field of seismic assessment and rehabilitation. It has been elaborated over a period of 4 years by Task Group 7.1 Assessment and retrofit of existing structures of fib Commission 7 Seismic design, a truly international team of experts, representing the expertise and experience of all the important seismic regions of the world. In the course of its work the team had six plenary two-day meetings: in January 1999 in Pavia, Italy; in August 1999 in Raleigh, North Carolina; in February 2000 in Queenstown, New Zealand; in July 2000 in Patras, Greece; in March 2001 in Lausanne, Switzerland; and in August 2001 in Seattle, Washington. In October 2002 the final draft of the Bulletin was presented to public during the 1st fib Congress in Osaka. It was also there that it was approved by fib Commission 7 Seismic Design. The contents is structured into main chapters as follows: 1 Introduction - 2 Performance objectives and system considerations - 3 Review of seismic assessment procedures - 4 Strength and deformation capacity of non-seismically detailed components - 5 Seismic retrofitting techniques - 6 Probabilistic concepts and methods - 7 Case studies
Book Synopsis Dynamic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings by : Hajime Umemura
Download or read book Dynamic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings written by Hajime Umemura and published by IABSE. This book was released on 1982 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings by : Stelios Antoniou
Download or read book Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings written by Stelios Antoniou and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-04-24 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings Understand the complexities and challenges of retrofitting building infrastructure Across the world, buildings are gradually becoming structurally unsound. Many were constructed before seismic load capacity was a mandatory component of building standards, and were often built with low-quality materials or using unsafe construction practices. Many more are simply aging, with materials degrading, and steel corroding. As a result, efforts are ongoing to retrofit existing structures, and to develop new techniques for assessing and enhancing seismic load capacity in order to create a safer building infrastructure worldwide. Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings provides a thorough book-length discussion of these techniques and their applications. Balancing theory and practice, the book provides engineers with a broad base of knowledge from which to approach real-world seismic assessments and retrofitting projects. It incorporates knowledge and experience frequently omitted from the building design process for a fuller account of this critical engineering subfield. Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings readers will also find: Detailed treatment of each available strengthening technique, complete with advantages and disadvantages In-depth guidelines to select a specific technique for a given building type and/or engineering scenario Step-by-step guidance through the assessment/retrofitting process Seismic Retrofit of Existing Reinforced Concrete Buildings is an ideal reference for civil and structural engineering professionals and advanced students, particularly those working in seismically active areas.
Author :fib Fédération internationale du béton Publisher :fib Fédération internationale du béton ISBN 13 :9782883940659 Total Pages :206 pages Book Rating :4.9/5 (46 download)
Book Synopsis Displacement-based Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings by : fib Fédération internationale du béton
Download or read book Displacement-based Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings written by fib Fédération internationale du béton and published by fib Fédération internationale du béton. This book was released on 2003 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brief summary of the history of seismic design as given in chapter 1, indicates that initially design was purely based on strength or force considerations. When the importance of displacement, however, became better appreciated, it was attempted to modify the existing force-based approach in order to include considerations of displacement, rather than to totally reconsider the procedure on a more rational basis. In the last decade, then, several researchers started pointing out this inconsistency, proposing displacement-based approaches for earthquake engineering evaluation and design, with the aim of providing improved reliability in the engineering process by more directly relating computed response and expected structural performance. The main objective of this report is to summarize, critically review and compare the displacement - based approaches proposed in the literature, thus favouring code implementation and practical use of rational and reliable methods. Chapter 2 Seismic performance and design objectives of this report introduces concepts of performance levels, seismic hazard representation, and the coupling of performance and hazard to define performance objectives. In fact, for displacement analysis to be relevant in the context of performance-based design, the structural engineer must select appropriate performance levels and seismic loadings. A critical review of some engineering limit states appropriate to the different performance levels is therefore proposed. In chapter 3 Conceptual basis for displacement-based earthquake resistant design, the fundamental principles associated with displacement of the ground during an earthquake and the effects, in terms of displacement, in the structure, are reviewed. The historical development guides the presentation with a review of general linear and nonlinear structural dynamics principles, general approaches to estimate displacement, for both ground and structure, and finally a general presentation of the means to measure and judge the appropriateness of the displacements of the structure in section. Chapter 4 Approaches and procedures for displacement-based design can be somehow considered the fundamental part of the report, since a critical summary of the displacement - based approaches proposed by different researchers is presented there. Displacement - based design may require specific characterization of the input ground motion, a topic addressed in Chapter 5 Seismic input. In general, various pertinent definitions of input motion for non-code format analysis are included, while peak ground parameters necessary for code base shear equations are only addressed as needed for the definition of motion for analysis. Chapter 6 Displacement capacity of members and systems addresses the fundamental problem of evaluating the inelastic displacement capacity of reinforced concrete members and realistic values of their effective cracked stiffness at yielding, including effects of shear and inclined cracking, anchorage slip, bar buckling and of load cycling. In Chapter 7 Application and evaluation of displacement-based approaches, some of the many different displacement based design procedures briefly introduced in Chapter 4 are applied to various case studies, identifying and discussing the difficulties a designer may encounter when trying to use displacement based design. Results for five different case studies designed in accordance with eight different displacement based design methods are presented. Although in general case studies are considered a useful but marginal part of a state of the art document, in this case it has to be noted that chapter 7 is possibly the most innovative and fundamental part of the whole report. The conclusions of chapter 7 are the fundamental and essential conclusions of the document and allow foreseeing a bright future for displacement - based design approaches. The state-of-art report has been elaborated over a period of 4 years by Task Group 7.2 Displacement-based design and assessment of fib Commission 7Seismic design, a truly international team of experts, representing the expertise and experience of all the important seismic regions of the world. In October 2002 the final draft of the Bulletin was presented to the public during the 1st fibCongress in Osaka. It was also there that it was approved by fib Commission 7Seismic Design.
Book Synopsis Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Controlled Inelastic Response by : Comité euro-international du béton
Download or read book Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures for Controlled Inelastic Response written by Comité euro-international du béton and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This detailed guide is designed to enable the reader to understand the relative importance of the numerous parameters involved in seismic design and the relationships between them, as well as the motivations behind the choices adopted by the codes.
Book Synopsis Inelastic Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Floor Diaphragm Openings by : Mohamed T. Al Harash
Download or read book Inelastic Seismic Response of Reinforced Concrete Buildings with Floor Diaphragm Openings written by Mohamed T. Al Harash and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Floor and roof systems are designed to carry gravity loads and transfer these loads to supporting beams, columns or walls. Furthermore, they play a key role in distributing earthquake-induced loads to the lateral load resisting systems by diaphragm action. In reinforced concrete buildings, the in-plane flexibility of the floor diaphragms is often ignored for simplicity in practical design (i.e., the floor systems are frequently treated as perfectly rigid diaphragms). In recent building standards (ASCE-7, 2005), it is acknowledged that this assumption can result in considerable errors when predicting the seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings with diaphragm plan aspect ratio of 3:1 or greater. However, the influence of floor diaphragm openings (typically for the purpose of stairways, shafts, or other architectural features) has not been considered. In order to investigate the influence of diaphragm openings on the seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings; several 3-story reinforced concrete buildings are designed as a Building Frame System according to the International Building Code (2006). Each building is assumed to be in the Saint Louis, Missouri area, and it's analyzed using IDARC2, a non-commercial program capable of conducting nonlinear analysis of RC buildings with rigid, elastic, or inelastic floor diaphragms, under both static lateral loads (pushover) and dynamic ground motions (time-history), where a suite of three well-known earthquakes is scaled to model moderate ground motions in the Saint Louis region. The comprehensive analytical study conducted involves placing different opening sizes (none, 11%, 15% and 22% of total floor area) in various floor plan locations with respect to the location of the shear walls (located at end frames or at the interior frames), where three types of floor diaphragm models (rigid, elastic, and inelastic) are assumed. Building floor plan aspect ratios of 3:1 and 4:1 are investigated. IDARC2 is enhanced by modifying the fiber model (strain compatibility) computation routine involved in obtaining the idealized moment-curvature curves of floor slabs with openings (symmetric and nonsymmetric). Also, a new option is added so that the user can over-ride IDARC2 idealized moment-curvature curves for slabs with openings and by defining their own. The results are then presented and discussed. It is concluded that in order to capture the seismic response of reinforced concrete buildings with floor diaphragm openings accurately; it is necessary to use an inelastic diaphragm model for floor diaphragm aspect ratio of 3:1 or greater. Thus, using a rigid diaphragm assumption, as specified by ASCE7-05 for buildings concrete floor diaphragms with aspect ratio of 3:1, and elastic diaphragm assumption, as allowed by ASCE7-05 for floor diaphragm with aspect ratio of 4:1, can result in significant underestimations of the lateral loads resisted by the interior building frames and building maximum frame displacements, particularly when the diaphragm openings are located in the middle two-thirds of the building plan. The base shear redistribution due to inelastic slab deformations increases the load subjected to the interior frames significantly. Hence, the influence of inelastic inplane diaphragm deformations due to floor openings cannot be overlooked in such buildings. Simple design recommendation is given for determining proper diaphragm chord reinforcement to prevent in-plane floor slab yielding when openings are present.
Book Synopsis Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings for Seismic Performance by : Mark Aschheim
Download or read book Design of Reinforced Concrete Buildings for Seismic Performance written by Mark Aschheim and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-05 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The costs of inadequate earthquake engineering are huge, especially for reinforced concrete buildings. This book presents the principles of earthquake-resistant structural engineering, and uses the latest tools and techniques to give practical design guidance to address single or multiple seismic performance levels. It presents an elegant, simple and theoretically coherent design framework. Required strength is determined on the basis of an estimated yield displacement and desired limits of system ductility and drift demands. A simple deterministic approach is presented along with its elaboration into a probabilistic treatment that allows for design to limit annual probabilities of failure. The design method allows the seismic force resisting system to be designed on the basis of elastic analysis results, while nonlinear analysis is used for performance verification. Detailing requirements of ACI 318 and Eurocode 8 are presented. Students will benefit from the coverage of seismology, structural dynamics, reinforced concrete, and capacity design approaches, which allows the book to be used as a foundation text in earthquake engineering.
Book Synopsis Seismic Performance, Modeling, and Failure Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings by : Zeynep Tuna
Download or read book Seismic Performance, Modeling, and Failure Assessment of Reinforced Concrete Shear Wall Buildings written by Zeynep Tuna and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reinforced concrete structural (shear) walls are commonly used as lateral load resisting systems in high seismic zones because they provide significant lateral strength, stiffness, and deformation capacity. Understanding the response and behavior of shear walls is essential to achieve more economical and reliable designs, especially as performance-based design approaches for new buildings have become more common. Results of a case study of 42-story RC dual system building, designed using code-prescriptive and two different performance-based design approaches, are presented to assess expected performance. Median values and dispersion of the response quantities are, in general, well-below acceptable limits and the overall behavior of the three building designs are expected to be quite similar. However, the ability to define shear failure and collapse proved difficult and provided motivation to conduct additional studies. For both design of new buildings and evaluation/rehabilitation of existing structural wall buildings, an accurate assessment of median (expected) and dispersion of wall shear strength and deformation capacity are needed. A wall test database (124 specimens) was assembled to investigate the influence of various parameters on wall shear strength and deformation capacity, and to recommend alternative relations for strength and deformation capacity depending on expected wall behavior. Test results indicated that ACI 318-11 underestimates the shear strength of the shear-controlled walls. Mean curvature ductility ratios were obtained as about 3 and 7 for shear- and flexure-controlled walls, respectively. The new relations will allow improved damage and failure assessment of buildings utilizing structural walls for lateral load resistance. Failure assessment of RC shear walls also was conducted for the 15-story Alto Rio building which collapsed in the 2010 Chile earthquake. Possible reasons for collapse were identified using post-earthquake observed damage, structural drawings, and nonlinear static and dynamic response analyses. Analysis results indicate that collapse was likely influenced by various factors, including compression failure at the web boundary of T-shaped walls on the east side of the building, large shear demands at the filled-in corridor walls at the first level, and tensile fracture and splice failures at the west side of the building. Nonlinear modeling and analysis of the four-story RC building that was tested on E-Defense shaking table (2010) was investigated to assess current modeling approaches and assumptions, and to identify issues that require additional study. Including concrete tension strength, stiffness degradation, and strength degradation significantly improved the correlation between the analytical and test results.
Book Synopsis A Maximum Likelihood Prediction Model for Building Seismic Response by : Mehrdad Shokrabadi
Download or read book A Maximum Likelihood Prediction Model for Building Seismic Response written by Mehrdad Shokrabadi and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earthquakes in seismically-active regions present a significant human and financial risk to communities. This study focuses on proposing a prediction model that could serve as a means for quantifying the impact of the main characteristics of earthquakes on the seismic risk of reinforced concrete moment frame structures. The seismic hazard due to sequential earthquakes is examined under mainshock-aftershock seismic sequences. A two-step maximum likelihood regression approach was adopted in order to propose a relationship that would link the seismic response of the studied buildings to the key characteristics of an earthquake. The accuracy of the proposed prediction equation was examined by comparing its outcomes with what was expected from physics-based models. Both the magnitude of an earthquake as well as the distance from the building's location to the rupture plane of the building were found to be among the parameters with the most notable impact on the buildings' seismic response.
Book Synopsis Modeling of Inelastic Behavior of RC Structures Under Seismic Loads by : P. Benson Shing
Download or read book Modeling of Inelastic Behavior of RC Structures Under Seismic Loads written by P. Benson Shing and published by ASCE Publications. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Proceedings of the U.S.?Japan Seminar on Post-Peak Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures Subjected to Seismic Loads: Recent Advances and Challenges on Analysis and Design, held in Tokyo and Lake Yamanaka, Japan, October 25-29, 1999. Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, U.S.A.; Japan Society for the Promotion of Science; Japan Concrete Institute. This collection presents the latest ideas and findings on the inelastic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) structures from the analysis and design standpoints. These papers discuss state-of-the-art concrete material models and analysis methods that can be used to simulate and understand the inelastic behavior of RC structures, as well as design issues that can improve the seismic performance of these structures. Topics include modeling of concrete behavior; modeling of RC structures (finite element approach and macro-element approach); and experimental studies, analysis, and design issues.
Book Synopsis Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting of Concrete Buildings by : Michael N Fardis
Download or read book Seismic Design, Assessment and Retrofitting of Concrete Buildings written by Michael N Fardis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2009-10-22 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting the historic first European seismic code, this professional book focuses on seismic design, assessment and retrofitting of concrete buildings, with thorough reference to, and application of, EN-Eurocode 8. Following the publication of EN-Eurocode 8 in 2004-05, 30 countries are now introducing this European standard for seismic design, for application in parallel with existing national standards (till March 2010) and exclusively after that. Eurocode 8 is also expected to influence standards in countries outside Europe, or at the least, to be applied there for important facilities. Owing to the increasing awareness of the threat posed by existing buildings substandard and deficient buildings and the lack of national or international standards for assessment and retrofitting, its impact in that field is expected to be major. Written by the lead person in the development of the EN-Eurocode 8, the present handbook explains the principles and rationale of seismic design according to modern codes and provides thorough guidance for the conceptual seismic design of concrete buildings and their foundations. It examines the experimental behaviour of concrete members under cyclic loading and modelling for design and analysis purposes; it develops the essentials of linear or nonlinear seismic analysis for the purposes of design, assessment and retrofitting (especially using Eurocode 8); and gives detailed guidance for modelling concrete buildings at the member and at the system level. Moreover, readers gain access to overviews of provisions of Eurocode 8, plus an understanding for them on the basis of the simple models of the element behaviour presented in the book. Also examined are the modern trends in performance- and displacement-based seismic assessment of existing buildings, comparing the relevant provisions of Eurocode 8 with those of new US prestandards, and details of the most common and popular seismic retrofitting techniques for concrete buildings and guidance for retrofitting strategies at the system level. Comprehensive walk-through examples of detailed design elucidate the application of Eurocode 8 to common situations in practical design. Examples and case studies of seismic assessment and retrofitting of a few real buildings are also presented. From the reviews: "This is a massive book that has no equal in the published literature, as far as the reviewer knows. It is dense and comprehensive and leaves nothing to chance. It is certainly taxing on the reader and the potential user, but without it, use of Eurocode 8 will be that much more difficult. In short, this is a must-read book for researchers and practitioners in Europe, and of use to readers outside of Europe too. This book will remain an indispensable backup to Eurocode 8 and its existing Designers’ Guide to EN 1998-1 and EN 1998-5 (published in 2005), for many years to come. Congratulations to the author for a very well planned scope and contents, and for a flawless execution of the plan". AMR S. ELNASHAI "The book is an impressive source of information to understand the response of reinforced concrete buildings under seismic loads with the ultimate goal of presenting and explaining the state of the art of seismic design. Underlying the contents of the book is the in-depth knowledge of the author in this field and in particular his extremely important contribution to the development of the European Design Standard EN 1998 - Eurocode 8: Design of structures for earthquake resistance. However, although Eurocode 8 is at the core of the book, many comparisons are made to other design practices, namely from the US and from Japan, thus enriching the contents and interest of the book". EDUARDO C. CARVALHO
Book Synopsis Quantifying the Effects of Modeling Uncertainty on the Seismic Performance Assessment of a Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Masonry-infilled Frame Structure by : Mathias Haindl
Download or read book Quantifying the Effects of Modeling Uncertainty on the Seismic Performance Assessment of a Non-ductile Reinforced Concrete Masonry-infilled Frame Structure written by Mathias Haindl and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quantifying and propagating aleatory and epistemic uncertainty in nonlinear structural response simulation is key to robust performance-based seismic assessments. In this thesis, the focus is on the probabilistic seismic performance assessment of a non-ductile three-story reinforced concrete infilled frame building. The uncertainty in ground motion records and the uncertainty embedded in structural model parameters are explicitly considered. An equivalent strut model is used for the masonry infill walls, where the six constitutive parameters that define its backbone curve are treated as random variables. The variability in these parameters is characterized by developing correlated and uncorrelated distributions of the deduced-to-predicted ratios using data from 113 experimental tests. The uncertainties are propagated using Latin hypercube sampling to generate randomized structural model realizations. Multiple stripe analysis is performed with hazard-consistent ground motions. The effect of considering modeling uncertainty is investigated in terms of the distributions of maximum story drift ratios and drift based fragility functions. It is shown that the inclusion of modeling uncertainty has significant effects on the seismic performance of the case study building. The dispersion in the response and the mean annual frequency of exceeding the drift-based limit states are increased when modeling uncertainty is included. The initial stiffness of the infill walls is observed to have the most significant contribution to the performance of the building.
