Loading protocols for structures designed for different behaviour factors

Katrin Beyer, Panagiotis Mergos
2015
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All the existing loading protocols have been developed independently of the value of the behaviour factor q that the structure has been designed for. Conservatively, a single loading protocol is adopted, for all q values, based on the structural system with the most onerous cumulative seismic demands. However, analyses conducted by the authors, show that imposed cumulative seismic demands decrease significantly for structures designed for high behaviour factors. This drives to the conclusion that adopting a single loading protocol for the most demanding q value may lead to the derivation of highly conservative loading protocols for the rest of the structural systems. In this paper, new loading protocols will be developed for structures designed for different behaviour factors.

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Katrin Beyer, Panagiotis Mergos
2015
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Seismic design of standard structures is typically founded on a force-based design approach. Over the years this approach has proven robust and easily applicable by design engineers and - in combination with capacity design principles - it provides a good protection against premature structural failures. However, it is also known that the force-based design approach as it is implemented in the current generation of seismic design codes suffers from some shortcomings; among these is the fact that the base shear is computed using a pre-defined force reduction factor, which is constant for a given structural system. Thus, for the same design input, structures of an identical type but different geometry are subjected to varying ductility demands and may perform differently during an earthquake. The objective of this research is to present an alternative formulation for computing force reduction factors for RC wall and frame structures, using simple analytical models which only require input data already available at the beginning of the design process. Such analytical models allow to link global to local ductility demands and therefore to compute an estimate of the force ductility reduction factors that lead to equal local ductility demands and expected damage levels. A series of pushover and nonlinear time history analyses are run on simplified numerical models of a set of wall and frame structures. The results show that the proposed alternative formulation yields a more accurate ductility reduction factor than the current Eurocode 8 design approach.

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