Earthquake Response and Energy Evaluation of Inelastic Structures
Publication: Journal of Engineering Mechanics
Volume 128, Issue 3
Abstract
A computational method is derived to characterize the energy in inelastic structures and the transfer among various energy forms over the duration of an earthquake. This computational method is based on the force analogy method, which uses a change in displacement field to represent the inelastic behavior of structure instead of the traditional method of changing stiffness. The evaluation of plastic energy due to inelastic deformation in the structure becomes very simple using the force analogy method, where the accumulation of plastic energy due to plastic rotations is exactly equal to the elastic moment multiplied by the change in plastic rotations. In addition, this plastic energy formula can be used for any material with predefined stress–strain relationship, and therefore the transfer of energy among various forms can be calculated at any specific time. Once the energy equation is derived, numerical analyses are performed on a single degree of freedom system to study the characteristics of energy transfer. This is then extended to study the transfer of energy among various forms in a multidegree of freedom system. These two studies show that the analytically derived equation for plastic energy is accurate in studying the structural energy response due to earthquake excitations.
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Copyright © 2002 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Received: Jan 3, 2000
Accepted: Jun 6, 2001
Published online: Mar 1, 2002
Published in print: Mar 2002
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