Dynamic Analysis of Three-Dimensional Frames with Material and Geometric Nonlinearities
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 2
Abstract
The dynamic analysis of inelastic structures with geometric nonlinearities experiencing large deformations and buckling is challenging, in particular, if three-dimensional space effects are considered. This paper introduces a new formulation of a three-dimensional beam-column element and the associated analysis of the global frame system using a corotational approach formulated in the state space. The corotational approach may allow uncoupling of the local large deformations and inelastic buckling of the element from the large deformation of the global system. Shaking table testing performed by the authors on a steel frame model structure provides benchmark information for comparison with the proposed analytical formulation.
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Acknowledgments
Support for this research was provided by (1) the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. NSFCMS-0324277 and NSFEEC-9701471 [to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER)] and (2) the State of New York (NYS). The writers acknowledge also the valuable advice of Professor G. Dargush of the University at Buffalo and Professor M. Sivaselvan of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 137 • Issue 2 • February 2011
Pages: 207 - 219
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Received: Sep 22, 2009
Accepted: Aug 20, 2010
Published online: Aug 24, 2010
Published in print: Feb 2011
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