Three-Dimensional Simulation of Structural Pounding during Earthquakes

A three-dimensional model is developed for the simulation of the pounding response of two or more adjacent buildings during earthquakes. The contact-impact problem is treated by the Lagrange multiplier method. The structures are modeled as multiple-degree-of-freedom systems with finite elements and...

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Published inJournal of engineering mechanics Vol. 122; no. 5; pp. 423 - 431
Main Authors Papadrakakis, M, Apostolopoulou, C, Zacharopoulos, A, Bitzarakis, S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Reston, VA American Society of Civil Engineers 01.05.1996
Subjects
Applied sciences
Buildings. Public works
Exact sciences and technology
Stresses. Safety
Structural analysis. Stresses
TECHNICAL PAPERS
Dynamic response
Structures (built objects)
Script
Three dimensional model
Seismic analysis
Strain energy
Flexible structures
Structural analysis
Resilience
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Summary:A three-dimensional model is developed for the simulation of the pounding response of two or more adjacent buildings during earthquakes. The contact-impact problem is treated by the Lagrange multiplier method. The structures are modeled as multiple-degree-of-freedom systems with finite elements and with the possibility of contact between slabs or slabs and columns. Contact points are not known a priori, and are located through a searching procedure among the candidate contact surfaces. The dynamic equilibrium equations of contact follow an iterative formulation at each time step to account for the current contact conditions. With this three-dimensional idealization, the effect of various in-plan configurations of adjacent buildings as well as the induced deformations due to torsion during pounding are investigated for two real earthquake motions.
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ISSN:0733-9399
1943-7889
DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9399(1996)122:5(423)