Seismic Response Spectra for Probabilistic Analysis of Nonlinear Systems
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 137, Issue 11
Abstract
In the conventional seismic analysis of a system, the input motion is defined either by a probabilistic response spectrum or by ground-motion histories whose spectra “match” the probabilistic response spectrum. In both cases, it is implicitly assumed that the spectral values at different periods on a probabilistic response spectrum are fully correlated with one another. A nonlinear system changes its “effective” period during seismic shaking; hence, its response depends on spectral values at many natural periods. The assumption of complete correlation between spectral values at different periods results in an overestimation of the response of a nonlinear system. For the case analyzed in this paper, the conventional use of a 500-year mean return period (MRP) response spectrum in nonlinear analysis produces responses that have 20–30% longer MRPs. Also, the larger-component response acceleration was 11% higher than the geometric-mean response acceleration, and the larger component response deformation was 33% higher than the geometric-mean response deformation. This paper presents a more accurate way of using the response spectrum in the probabilistic analysis of nonlinear systems.
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I thank the reviewers for several helpful comments that improved this paper.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 137 • Issue 11 • November 2011
Pages: 1272 - 1281
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Received: Oct 5, 2009
Accepted: Dec 27, 2010
Published online: Dec 30, 2010
Published in print: Nov 1, 2011
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