Computational Simulation of a Full-Scale, Fixed-Base, and Isolated-Base Steel Moment Frame Building Tested at E-Defense
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 8
Abstract
A full-scale earthquake simulation of a five-story steel moment frame building at E-Defense, the world’s largest single shake table facility in Miki, Japan, in August 2011 provided realistic data to improve and validate current modeling approaches for steel structures with composite floor systems. In this paper, computational models of the tested fixed-base specimen and the specimen isolated with triple pendulum bearings were developed and validated using the test data, and the influence of various modeling assumptions on the accuracy of the numerical prediction was investigated. The results demonstrate that the displacement of the isolation system can be predicted accurately without a well calibrated superstructure model. However, the response of the isolated structure, especially when subjected to 3-dimensional motions, is quite sensitive to the frame modeling assumptions and the superstructure damping model. The modeling assumptions that most accurately predict the response of the tested specimen are described in this paper.
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Acknowledgments
Funding for this study was provided by the National Science Foundation Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation (NEES) Program through Grant No. CMMI-1113275. Additional support for testing of a TPB isolation system at E-Defense was provided by NIED and Takenaka Corporation. The isolators, connection plates, and design services were donated by Earthquake Protection Systems. The authors are grateful to all sponsors for making these tests possible. The authors also thank Dr. Eiji Sato, Dr. Tomohiro Sasaki, and Prof. Taichiro Okazaki, collaborators in the NEED/E-Defense test program, for their review of the manuscript. The views reflected in this paper are those of the authors alone and do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsors.
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Volume 140 • Issue 8 • August 2014
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Received: Dec 28, 2012
Accepted: Aug 1, 2013
Published online: Aug 3, 2013
Discussion open until: Jul 13, 2014
Published in print: Aug 1, 2014
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