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Influence of ground motion scaling on floor response spectra


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1 Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur District 522 302, India, India
2 Department of Civil Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Maisammaguda 500 100, India, India
3 Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Asir, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
4 Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile, Chile
 

Non-structural components (NSCs) should be analysed properly using the floor response spectra (FRS) method to reduce financial loss due to earthquakes. There are various methods available in the literature to scale recor­dings. However, there is little or no agreement among researchers regarding the correctness of these methods in the analysis of NSCs. Therefore, the present study examines the influence of different amplitude scaling techniques (geometric mean and Sa(T1)) and spectral matching procedures on the seismic demands of NSCs. The spectral matching method shows the lowest ground motion parameter dispersion. The results reveal that the Sa(T1) scaling method produces lower floor responses. The spectral matching method shows smaller dispersion in the spectral ordinates and median response quantities. The amplification factors estimated in this study were compared to those from the existing code formula­tions. Based on the findings of this study, the spectral matching approach in the time domain may be utilized to better estimate seismic demands on NSCs

Keywords

Amplitude scaling, dispersion, floor amplification, non-structural components, spectral matching.
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Authors

S. P. Challagulla
Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur District 522 302, India, India
B. D. Bhavani
Department of Civil Engineering, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Vaddeswaram, Guntur District 522 302, India, India
A. K. Suluguru
Department of Civil Engineering, Malla Reddy Engineering College, Maisammaguda 500 100, India, India
Mohammed Jameel
Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, King Khalid University, Asir, Abha, 61421, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
Felipe Vicencio
Facultad de Ingeniería y Tecnología, Universidad San Sebastian, Santiago, Chile, Chile

Abstract


Non-structural components (NSCs) should be analysed properly using the floor response spectra (FRS) method to reduce financial loss due to earthquakes. There are various methods available in the literature to scale recor­dings. However, there is little or no agreement among researchers regarding the correctness of these methods in the analysis of NSCs. Therefore, the present study examines the influence of different amplitude scaling techniques (geometric mean and Sa(T1)) and spectral matching procedures on the seismic demands of NSCs. The spectral matching method shows the lowest ground motion parameter dispersion. The results reveal that the Sa(T1) scaling method produces lower floor responses. The spectral matching method shows smaller dispersion in the spectral ordinates and median response quantities. The amplification factors estimated in this study were compared to those from the existing code formula­tions. Based on the findings of this study, the spectral matching approach in the time domain may be utilized to better estimate seismic demands on NSCs

Keywords


Amplitude scaling, dispersion, floor amplification, non-structural components, spectral matching.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv124%2Fi8%2F928-937