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Effect of earthquake induced-pounding on the response of four adjacent buildings in series

  • Elwardany, Hytham (Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Delta University for Science and Technology) ;
  • Mosa, Beshoy (Department of Basic Engineering Sciences, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University) ;
  • Khedr, M. Diaa Eldin (Department of Basic Engineering Sciences, Benha Faculty of Engineering, Benha University) ;
  • Seleemah, Ayman (Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Tanta University)
  • Received : 2021.12.08
  • Accepted : 2022.04.28
  • Published : 2022.07.25
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Abstract

Structural pounding due to strong seismic excitations can result in severe damage or even collapse of colliding structures. Many researchers focused on studying the mutual pounding between two adjacent structures while very few researches were concerned with the pounding of a series of structures. This paper aims to study the pounding effect on a series of four buildings having different natural frequencies. The paper also investigates the effect of different arrangements of the four buildings on their pounding response. For this, a mathematical model was constructed using Matlab code where, pounding was modeled using a contact force-based approach. A Non-Linear viscoelastic (Hertzdamp) contact element was used and activated only during the approach period of collision. The mathematical model was validated by comparing its prediction versus experimental results on three adjacent buildings. Then the model was used to study the pounding between four adjacent structures arranged in different sequences according to their natural frequencies. The results revealed that increasing the gap distance generally led to decrease the peak responses of the towers. Such response is somehow different from that predicted earlier by the authors for the case of three adjacent buildings. Moreover, the arrangement of towers has a significant effect on their pounding response. Significant difference between the natural frequencies of adjacent structures increases the pounding forces especially when the more flexible buildings are located at the outer edge of the series. The study points out the need for further researches on buildings in series to gain a better understanding of such complex phenomena.

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