Pseudodynamic testing and nonlinear substructuring of damaging structures under earthquake loading

Pseudodynamic or PSD testing with substructuring technique is a highly relevant approach to capture the dynamic failure mechanisms of a structure. It allows one to realistically test a structure subject to an earthquake with accessible experimental equipment. We propose in this paper to apply such a...

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Published inEngineering structures Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 1102 - 1110
Main Authors Souid, A., Delaplace, A., Ragueneau, F., Desmorat, R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2009
Elsevier
Subjects
Anisotropic damage
Applied sciences
Building structure
Buildings. Public works
Concrete structure
Construction (buildings and works)
Digital image correlation
Engineering Sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Geotechnics
Mechanics
Nonlinear substructuring
Pseudodynamics
Stresses. Safety
Structural analysis. Stresses
Structure-soil interaction
Pseudodynamics
Digital image correlation
Anisotropic damage
Nonlinear substructuring
Earthquake effect
Nonlinear analysis
Cracking
Experimental device
Digital image
Experimental study
Modeling
Dynamic test
Anisotropy
Concrete construction
Structure soil interaction
Damaging
anisotropic damage
nonlinear substructuring
digital image correlation
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Summary:Pseudodynamic or PSD testing with substructuring technique is a highly relevant approach to capture the dynamic failure mechanisms of a structure. It allows one to realistically test a structure subject to an earthquake with accessible experimental equipment. We propose in this paper to apply such a PSD testing with substructuring to damaging structures, where the nonlinear behaviour is represented by an advanced damage model: an anisotropic damage model, initially proposed for monotonic applications, is upgraded in order to asses cyclic and seismic loading. The keypoint is the macroscopic representation of the microcrack closure (the cracks generated in tension close in compression) and its effect on stiffness recovery. The chain–PSD testing/advanced damage model/experimental measure setup based on image correlations–is successfully used for the study of the failure of a reinforced concrete frame structure.
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ISSN:0141-0296
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DOI:10.1016/j.engstruct.2009.01.007