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- Title
Analytical and experimental studies on midstory isolated buildings with modal coupling effect.
- Authors
Wang, Shiang‐Jung; Hwang, Jenn‐Shin; Chang, Kuo‐Chun; Lin, Meng‐Hui; Lee, Bo‐Han
- Abstract
SUMMARY In a midstory isolated building, the isolation system is incorporated into the midstory rather than the base of the building. Because of the flexibility of the substructure below the isolation system in a midstory isolated building, the contribution of higher modes to the seismic responses of the midstory isolated structure may not be negligible, especially when the coupling of higher modes exists. To investigate this modal coupling effect, a simplified three-lumped-mass structural model of the midstory isolated building is assumed in this study. Through the equivalent linear analysis and shaking table tests, it is found that the coupling of higher modes may lead to enlarged acceleration responses at the super-floor and superstructure above the isolation layer. Accordingly, a simple method to prevent the midstory isolation design from the coupling of higher modes attributed to the improper design of the substructure and superstructure is proposed in this paper. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SEISMIC response; EARTHQUAKE engineering; STRUCTURAL dynamics; SHAKING table tests; CONSTRUCTION
- Publication
Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics, 2013, Vol 42, Issue 2, p201
- ISSN
0098-8847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/eqe.2203