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Collapse assessment of steel moment resisting frames under earthquake shaking

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  • Stanford University

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Abstract

Although design codes and standards of practice are written assuming that the probability of building collapse is low under extreme earthquake shaking, the likelihood of collapse in such shaking is almost never checked. This chapter discusses analytical modeling of component behavior and structure response from the onset of inelastic behavior to lateral displacements at which a structure becomes dynamically unstable. A component model that captures the important deterioration modes observed in steel components is calibrated using data from tests of scale-models of a moment-resisting connection. This connection is used in the construction of two scale models of a modern four-story steel moment frame. The scale models are tested through collapse on an earthquake simulator at the NEES facility at the University at Buffalo. The results of these simulator tests show that it is possible to predict the sidesway collapse of steel moment resisting frames under earthquake shaking using relatively simple analytical models provided that deterioration characteristics of components are accurately described in the models.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Methods in Earthquake Engineering
EditorsManolis Papadrakakis, Michalis Fragiadakis, Nikos D. Lagaros
PublisherSpringer Netherland
Pages1-19
Number of pages19
ISBN (Print)9789400700529
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Event2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2009 - Island of Rhodes, Greece
Duration: Jun 22 2009Jun 24 2009

Publication series

NameComputational Methods in Applied Sciences
Volume21
ISSN (Print)1871-3033

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Computational Methods in Earthquake Engineering, COMPDYN 2009
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityIsland of Rhodes
Period06/22/0906/24/09

Keywords

  • Collapse assessment
  • Cumulative damage effects
  • Deterioration
  • Performance-based earthquake engineering
  • Shaking table collapse tests
  • Steel structures

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