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- Title
Research on mode localization of reticulated shell structures.
- Authors
Weiming Yan; Zhuo Wang; Haoxiang He
- Abstract
Reticulated shell structures (RSSs) are characterized as cyclically periodic structures. Mistuning of RSSs will induce structural mode localization. Mode localization has the following two features: some modal vectors of the structure change remarkably when the values of its physical parameters (mass or stiffness) have a slight change; and the vibration of some modes is mainly restricted in some local areas of the structure. In this paper, two quantitative assessment indexes are introduced that correspond to these two features. The first feature is studied through a numerical example of a RSS, and its induced causes are analyzed by using the perturbation theory. The analysis showed that internally, mode localization is closely related to structural frequencies and externally, slight changes of the physical parameters of the structure cause instability to the RSS. A scaled model experiment to examine mode localization was carried out on a Kiewit single-layer spherical RSS, and both features of mode localization are studied. Eight tests that measured the changes of the physical parameters were carried out in the experiment. Since many modes make their contribution in structural dynamic response, six strong vibration modes were tested at random in the experimental analysis. The change and localization of the six modes are analyzed for each test. The results show that slight changes to the physical parameters are likely to induce remarkable changes and localization of some modal vectors in the RSSs.
- Subjects
PERTURBATION theory; EARTHQUAKE hazard analysis; STRUCTURAL dynamics; EFFECT of earthquakes on buildings; EARTHQUAKE damage; EARTHQUAKES; STRUCTURAL frame models; COMPARATIVE studies
- Publication
Earthquake Engineering & Engineering Vibration, 2011, Vol 10, Issue 1, p75
- ISSN
1671-3664
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11803-011-0048-2