Influence of Spatial Variability of Seismic Shock on Steel Hall with Experimentally Determined Elasto-Plastic Parameters of Steel Material

Abstract:

In the paper the influence of spatial variability of a seismic shock on an industrial steel hall was examined. Different models of seismic excitation were introduced. Firstly, a uniform seismic excitation model was applied, assuming identical motion of all supports of the hall. Then, a non-uniform excitation model was implemented. In that model subsequent points of the ground in the direction of wave propagation repeat the same motion with a certain time delay dependent on the wave velocity. Two direction of the wave passage were assumed: longitudinal (along the longer side of the hall) and transverse (along the shorter side of the hall). To guarantee proper nonlinear elasto-plastic behavior of the structure, the material parameters of the steel were determined experimentally. The dynamic analyses revealed that the response of the hall to the seismic shock was reported beyond the elastic range. Plastic effects appeared in some zones of the primary as well as the secondary structural members of the object, regardless of the excitation model. The model of non-uniform seismic excitation with transverse wave passage turned out to have the greatest impact on the dynamic response of the hall; the plastic strains obtained for that model were much greater than those obtained for other models. The transverse non-uniform excitation generated irreversible strains almost 3 times greater than the uniform excitation. The evolution of significant plastic effects was observed mainly for non-uniform excitations in the lower parts (girts and columns) of the hall, which were strongly affected by the different motions of the ground.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 744-746)
• Pages: 884-889
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.744-746.884
• Online since: March 2015
• Authors: Dorota Jasinska*, Joanna M. Dulinska, Pawel Boron
• Keywords: ABAQUS, Experimental Yielding Curve, Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis, Non-Uniform Seismic Excitation, Steel Hall

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