An improved input energy spectrum verified by the shake table tests

Ahmet Güllü, Ercan Yüksel*, Cem Yalçın, A. Anıl Dindar, Hasan Özkaynak, Oral Büyüköztürk

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Abstract

Input energy is the principal component of the energy balance equation. It is beneficial to determine, through its components, how the recoverable and irrecoverable energies are distributed within the structural elements. Several equations and attenuation relations to define mass-normalized input energy spectra exist in the literature. They are mainly proposed for elastic systems subjected to far-fault EQs. There is a lack of experimental verification of these proposed spectra. In this paper, experimental assessment was performed to the existing spectra, and further improvements were accomplished. For this purpose, steel cantilever columns were tested on the shake table for two specific historical EQs coincidently having similar spectral acceleration values. Based on the experimental results, a three-part mass-normalized relative input energy spectrum was formulated including soil type, EQ (corner period, intensity, duration, spectral acceleration, and velocity), and structural behavioral characteristics (period and structural damping). The proposed input energy spectrum was experimentally calibrated and numerically validated for various EQs featuring near- and far-field types. Analytical and experimental comparisons were made between the previously developed spectrum and the newly proposed one. The validation studies and the statistical evaluations exposed that the proposed spectrum yielded better agreement with the experimental and numerical results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)27-45
Number of pages19
JournalEarthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Volume48
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2019

Bibliographical note

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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Funding

The work was supported by Research Fund of Istanbul Technical University, project number: ITU BAP 39305. The experimental study was conducted at the Structural and Earthquake Engineering Laboratory (STEELab) of Istanbul Technical University. Furthermore, MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) collaboration was also instrumental in obtaining the results of this study. All supports are gratefully acknowledged.

FundersFunder number
MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives
Istanbul Teknik ÜniversitesiITU BAP 39305

    Keywords

    • energy balance equation
    • energy-based design
    • input energy demand
    • input energy Spectrum

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