Overturning of Retrofitted Rocking Structures under Pulse-Type Excitations
Overturning of Retrofitted Rocking Structures under Pulse-Type Excitations
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10.1061/(asce)em.1943-7889.0000410
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2012-08
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E. Dimitrakopoulos;M. DeJong
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作者:
E. Dimitrakopoulos;M. DeJong
AbstractNumerous existing structures exhibit rocking behavior during earthquakes, and there is a continuing need to retrofit these structures to prevent collapse. In addition, while rocking behavior is typically prevented instead of utilized, an increasing number of structures are being designed or retrofitted to allow rocking motion as a means of seismic isolation. This paper investigates the use of viscous damping to limit the rocking motion by characterizing the fundamental behavior of damped rocking structures through analytical modeling. A single rocking block analytical model is used to determine the viscous damping characteristics, which exploit the beneficial aspects of the rocking motion, while dissipating energy and preventing overturning collapse. To clarify the benefits of damping, overturning envelopes for pulse-type ground accelerations are presented and compared with the pertinent envelopes of the free rocking block. A semianalytical solution to the linearized equations of motion enables ra...