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Influence of near-fault ground motions characteristics on elastic seismic response of asymmetric buildings

  • Tabatabaei, R. (Civil Engineering Department, Islamic Azad University) ;
  • Saffari, H. (Civil Engineering Department, Shahid Bahonar University)
  • Received : 2009.07.07
  • Accepted : 2011.10.11
  • Published : 2011.11.25
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Abstract

The elastic seismic response of plan-asymmetric multi storey steel-frame buildings is investigated under earthquake loading with particular emphasis on forward-rupture directivity and fling records. Three asymmetric building systems are generated with different torsional stiffness and varying static eccentricity. The structural characteristic of these systems are designed according to UBC 97 code and their seismic responses subjected to a set of earthquake records are obtained from the response history analysis (RHA) as well as the linear static analysis (LSA). It is shown that, the elastic torsional response is influenced by the intensity of near-fault ground motions with different energy contents. In the extreme case of very strong earthquakes, the behaviour of torsionally stiff buildings and torsionally flexible buildings may differ substantially due to the fact that the displacement envelope of the deck depends on ground motion characteristics.

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