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Earthquake-induced pounding between equal height multi-storey buildings considering soil-structure interaction

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The present paper investigates the coupled effect of the supporting soil flexibility and pounding between neighbouring, insufficiently separated equal height buildings under earthquake excitation. Two adjacent three-storey structures, modelled as inelastic lumped mass systems with different structural characteristics, have been considered in the study. The models have been excited using a suit of ground motions with different peak ground accelerations and recorded at different soil types. A nonlinear viscoelastic pounding force model has been employed in order to effectively capture impact forces during collisions. Spring-dashpot elements have been incorporated to simulate the horizontal and rotational movements of the supporting soil. The results of the numerical simulations, in the form of the structural nonlinear responses as well as the time-histories of energy dissipated during pounding-involved vibrations, are presented in the paper. In addition, the variation in storeys peak responses and peak dissipated energies for different gap sizes are also shown and comparisons are made with the results obtained for colliding buildings with fixed-base supports. Observations regarding the incorporation of the soil-structure interaction and its effect on the responses obtained are discussed. The results of the study indicate that the soil-structure interaction significantly influences the pounding-involved responses of equal height buildings during earthquakes, especially the response of the lighter and more flexible structure. It has been found that the soil flexibility decreases storey peak displacements, peak impact forces and peak energies dissipated during vibrations, whereas it usually leads to the increases in the peak accelerations at each storey level.

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Category:
Articles
Type:
artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:
Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering no. 11, pages 1021 - 1048,
ISSN: 1570-761X
Language:
English
Publication year:
2013
Bibliographic description:
Mahmoud S., Abd-Elhameed A., Jankowski R.: Earthquake-induced pounding between equal height multi-storey buildings considering soil-structure interaction// Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. -Vol. 11, nr. 4 (2013), s.1021-1048
DOI:
Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s10518-012-9411-6
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Gdańsk University of Technology

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