Comparison of SISEC code simulations with earthquake data of ordinary and base-isolated buildings

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5634813

Wang, C Y; Gvildys, J

Seismic isolation is gaining attention worldwide for use in a wide spectrum of structures and critical facilities, including bridges, office buildings, hospitals, computing and telecommunication centers, as well as nuclear facilities. Today there are over 125 structures worldwide which are isolated and the numbers have been increasing steadily in the past few years. Also, substantial research efforts have been devoted to the designs, testing of isolation bearings, as well as development of analytical methods for predicting the responses of isolated structures. At Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), a 3-D computer program SISEC (Seismic Isolation System Evaluation Code) is being developed for simulating the system response of isolated and ordinary structures (Wang et al. 1991). This paper describes comparison of SISEC code simulations with building response data of actual earthquakes. To ensure the accuracy of analytical simulations, recorded data of full-size reinforced concrete structures located in Sendai, Japan are used in this benchmark comparison. The test structures consist of two three-story buildings, one base-isolated and the other one ordinary founded. They were constructed side by side to investigate the effect of base isolation on the acceleration response. Among 20 earthquakes observed since April 1989, complete records of three representative earthquakes, Nos. 2, 6, and 17, are used for the code validation presented in this paper. Correlations of observed and calculated accelerations at all instrument locations are made. Also, relative response characteristics of ordinary and isolated building structures are investigated. 3 refs., 5 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: NSF; National Science Foundation, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5634813
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-71316; CONF-910817--19; ON: DE91015684
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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