云南漾濞地震大理某高层建筑结构地震响应观测数据初步分析

2021年5月21日21时21分至22时32分,云南漾濞先后发生了M5.6级、M6.4级、M5.0级和M5.2级地震,位于大理的某高层建筑结构地震反应观测台阵获取了这4次地震的结构动力响应,观测数据同步性好,数据质量高。该高层建筑为框架剪力墙结构,地上26层,地下1层,三分量加速度测点共8个分别位于建筑的第1层、4层、7层、10层、13层、17层、20层和25层,数据实时传输至中国地震局工程力学研究所燕郊数据中心。本文对结构台阵的观测记录进行了初步分析,绘制建筑结构观测楼层的三向绝对加速度及其傅里叶幅值谱,检验数据同步性和质量,通过滤波和积分得到相对速度和相对位移,利用功率谱方法分析得到频率响应函数,并利用复模态指数函数方法得到两水平方向前三阶模态频率和振型。通过4次地震结构模态频率和振型的初步对比结果表明:主体结构基本完好,这与现场调查结果吻合。该结构台阵获取的前震、主震和余震反应记录,为后续开展深入的模态参数分析、地震损伤识别以及研究框架剪力墙结构的振动特性和抗震性能提供了宝贵数据。     

基于中远场小震结构台阵观测数据的地震响应分析

近年来我国布设的强震动观测结构台阵越来越多,并在数次地震中捕获了一批宝贵的观测记录,这些记录既是对应用日益广泛的结构数值模拟结果的检验和参数标定的依据,也是结构健康监测的重要数据。本文选取昆明防灾减灾中心大楼观测台阵捕获的3次中远场小震记录作为研究对象,对比ANSYS结构数值模拟和观测值之间在时程以及谱特性等方面的响应差别,证明了在弹性范围下二者结果具有较好的一致性。最后,基于观测记录,采用高效简单的经验谱比法进行了结构模态参数快速识别,3次地震下的自振频率计算结果相对稳定,与数值建模计算结果的差值可控制在0.17Hz以内。     

唐山古冶5.1级地震北京地区建筑结构地震反应观测记录初步分析

建筑结构地震反应观测是获取不同建筑结构在地震中的反应状态与特征的有效手段。河北省唐山古冶5.1级地震触发北京地区既有的建筑结构观测台阵,获得了丰富的建筑结构地震反应记录。开展台阵记录的初步分析,确定结构动力放大倍数和仪器烈度分布。分析发现,不同类型结构的动力放大倍数差异较大,钢结构较砌体结构的动力放大倍数更大。震中距较小的台阵的仪器烈度较大,最大达到2.5度。以第十九中学教学楼为例,开展单个观测台阵的地震记录分析,得到结构各楼层的水平向加速度分布,互功率谱分析得到结构振动的卓越频率。初步分析表明,基于观测记录数据分析能得到地震动特性和建筑结构动力特性参数,为了解区域建筑结构特性奠定有效数据基础。     

基于环境振动测试的高层钢筋混凝土结构模态参数识别

根据高层钢筋混凝土结构环境振动测试数据,采用随机信号的频域分析方法,确定了高层结构的自振频率;基于不同测点在固有频率处的响应比及零迟时互相关函数确定了结构的振型;运用自功率谱和互功率谱,采用半功率点法计算了各阶振型的阻尼比.结果表明,环境振动测试能够较好地识别高层结构的1～3阶振型.对实测自振周期与<建筑结构荷载规范>的公式和数值模拟结果进行比较,发现:结构的层数小于20层时,实测值与<规范>规定的值最接近;结构超过20层时,实测值小于<规范>规定的值和数值模拟的结果.     

北京市人大办公楼的结构地震反应观测台阵研究

概述了国内外强震动观测的研究现状和结构地震反应观测台阵的研究情况。并对北京市人大办公楼的结构地震反应观测台阵的研究实例作了分析,该观测台阵在没有强震的情况下,依然取得了有用的地震记录。文中对该台阵得到的两次地震记录分析、处理,结果的对比分析用于验证该结构反应观测台阵布设的合理性。最后阐述了该台阵布设的不足,针对不足给出几点结构反应观测台阵布设的合理建议,并展望了结构地震反应观测台阵布设研究的美好前景。     

基于HHT的结构强震记录分析研究

本文利用HHT(Hilbert-HUang Transform)研究了结构强震记录的时频特性及结构动力特性。介绍了一座7层钢混框架结构及其强震观测台阵概况以及经历的地震情况,选择了在3次有代表性地震中的强震记录,利用一种新的非平稳信号处理方法HHT对记录进行了处理和分析,得到了该结构强震记录的时频幅值三维分布以及边际谱,并将边际谱与傅里叶谱进行了对比,识别了结构的自振频率。研究表明,对结构强震记录这种强非平稳信号,可以利用HHT分析得到能量集中分布的频段与时间范围。HHT边际谱与傅里叶谱相比,在低频部分幅值要大于傅里叶谱,而在高频部分,幅值要小于傅里叶谱。利用结构强震记录识别的自振频率比环境振动测试结果要小。     

MEMS地震烈度仪在结构地震反应观测中的应用

工程结构地震反应观测台阵获取常时和震时结构反应记录,是工程结构健康诊断和震害评估的重要技术手段之一。2019年,云南大理建设了一个由8个地震烈度仪测点组成的结构地震反应观测台阵,每台烈度仪内置一个3分向微电子机械系统(Micro-Electro-Mechanical System, MEMS)加速度计。通过标准振动台检测,确定台阵配备的烈度仪的幅频响应特性曲线和线性度误差符合相关行业标准的要求。该台阵于2021年5月获得了大理漾濞地震序列的多次结构地震反应记录,本文选取其中3次M_S3.0～M_S3.2级地震,分析了观测记录的加速度时程、傅里叶幅值谱和信噪比等数据,由结果可知：该台阵可较好地记录幅值≥0.5 cm/s²、频带1.0～39.0Hz的振动信号,对于近场小震具有一定的监测能力。     

基于振动台实验的结构损伤识别研究

选择美国加州大学圣地亚哥分校7层钢筋混凝土剪力墙足尺结构振动台实验,开展结构损伤识别研究,实验采用白噪声、环境振动和不同强度的地震动交替激发,记录地震动激发实验前后的结构反应。基于该记录计算和对比自振频率和振型曲率的变化、剪切波走时及其变化和结构层间位移角,分析发现一层和二层振型曲率较大,走时较长,走时变化也较大,现场检查发现一层和二层的破坏也较为严重,这些参数可用于识别结构损伤程度和定位损伤位置,而自振频率和层间位移角变化仅可反映出结构损伤程度,难以揭示结构损伤位置。     

典型高层住宅强震和脉动响应对比

高层建筑结构的动力特性是指它的自振频率、振型及阻尼比。高层建筑结构的动力特性测试,目前主要采用脉动测试的方法。长宁地震后,密集的余震为原型结构的强震响应测试提供了基础。文中在邻近震中选取某高层剪力墙结构,首先进行系统的脉动测试,识别了主要的模态参数;然后通过流动观测强震仪获得了多组超过设防水准的地面运动及对应的结构响应,据此提炼的模态参数与脉动识别的结果差异不大,但是信号频谱的形态差异很大。脉动时,结构低阶模态频率占主导,而强震响应时高阶模态或地面输入的卓越频率占主导。所得结果可供抗震设计时参考。     

中承式钢筋混凝土拱桥自振特性分析

利用有限元通用软件ANSYS,对一中承式钢筋混凝土拱桥进行了结构自振特性的数值模拟分析,求出了自振频率、振型等动力参数,对其模态特征进行了描述,并通过变换拱桥的主要结构参数对比分析了它们对结构自振特性的影响.结果表明:自振频率随矢跨比的减小略有提高;横撑有助于增强拱肋的横向刚度,减小拱肋面外振动,提高抗风稳定性;各振型的自振频率值随拱肋刚度的提高近似成线性增大,可以通过改变拱肋刚度来调整其自振特性.研究结果可以为同类桥梁的抗震设计提供参考.     

基于地脉动和地铁振动的钢筋混凝土建筑结构响应分析

在北京城区的一栋钢筋混凝土建筑(Reinforced Concrete building,简称RC)中,进行历时两天的地脉动和地铁振动观测.介绍了利用地脉动和地铁振动信号研究RC建筑结构响应的观测方法、仪器设备、数据采集和数据处理方法.对观测数据进行两种分析:(1)对连续的地脉动背景噪声,采用H/V谱比法;(2)对经过...     

Empirical formula for fundamental vibration periods of reinforced concrete buildings in Taiwan

More than 30 buildings around Taiwan have been selected to monitor the floor responses under seismic excitation. The structural array monitoring system in each building controls at most 27 channels of accelerometers distributed in several floors. Those buildings were triggered by many events during the past five years of operation. In each building, the records at the basement can be considered as the ground excitation, and the others at the upper floors are the structural responses. The frequency transfer functions of those buildings can be identified by ARX models, and then the fundamental vibration periods are estimated. The identified fundamental vibration periods using different events are compared in order to ensure the reliability of system identification. An empirical formula in predicting the fundamental vibration period is presented through the regression analysis to the identified fundamental vibration periods of 21 reinforced concrete (RC) moment‐resisting frame (MRF) buildings. It is found that the height of a building plays an important role in predicting the fundamental vibration period, compared with the length, width, and time after completion of the building. It is also found that the RC MRF buildings in Taiwan tend to be stiffer than those in the U.S. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Monitoring the response and the back-radiated energy of a building subjected to ambient vibration and impulsive action: the Falkenhof Tower (Potsdam,Germany)

The response of the soil-structure system near the Falkenhof Tower, Potsdam, Germany, has been monitored during the controlled explosion of a bomb dating to World War II. We installed eight 3-component velocimetric stations within the building and three in the surrounding area. We recorded several hours of seismic noise before and after the explosion, allowing the dynamic characterization of the structure both with ambient noise and forced vibration. We then compared the frequencies values and modal shapes of the structural modes evaluated both by analysing in the frequency domain the transfer functions and in the time-domain the different signals. Moreover, we carried out an interferometric analysis of the recorded signals in order to study the structural behaviour and to characterize the soil-structure interaction. Furthermore, we used normalized Short Time Fourier Transform (STFT) for the continuous monitoring of the structural response, in order to highlight possible frequency variations of the structural mode of vibration, and therefore of the structure’s behaviour. To assess structural frequencies and to compare them with those evaluated by transfer functions, we used azimuth-dependent Fourier spectra. We also verified the suitability of the Horizontal-to-Vertical Spectral Ratio (HVSR) for estimating the dynamic characteristics of buildings when only single station seismic noise measurements are available. Regarding the structure-soil interaction, we identified the presence of a wave field back-radiated from the structure within the low amplitude seismic noise signal. In fact, in the free-field seismic noise recording spectra, peaks at frequencies consistent with those of the first two modes of the structure were recognized.     

Full‐scale dynamic response of an RC building under weak seismic motions using earthquake recordings,ambient vibrations and modelling

In countries with a moderate seismic hazard, the classical methods developed for strong motion prone countries to estimate the seismic behaviour and subsequent vulnerability of existing buildings are often inadequate and not financially realistic. The main goals of this paper are to show how the modal analysis can contribute to the understanding of the seismic building response and the good relevancy of a modal model based on ambient vibrations for estimating the structural deformation under weak earthquakes. We describe the application of an enhanced modal analysis technique (frequency domain decomposition) to process ambient vibration recordings taken at the Grenoble City Hall building (France). The frequencies of ambient vibrations are compared with those of weak earthquakes recorded by the French permanent accelerometric network (RAP) that was installed to monitor the building. The frequency variations of the building under weak earthquakes are shown to be less (∼2%) and therefore ambient vibration frequencies are relevant over the elastic domain of the building. The modal parameters extracted from ambient vibrations are then used to determine the 1D lumped‐mass model in order to reproduce the inter‐storey drift under weak earthquakes and to fix a 3D numerical model that could be used for strong earthquakes. The correlation coefficients between data and synthetic motion are close to 80 and 90% in horizontal directions, for the 1D and 3D modelling, respectively. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Seismic response of Beirut (Lebanon) buildings: instrumental results from ambient vibrations

Resonance period is a key parameter in the seismic design of a structure, thus dynamic parameters of buildings in Beirut (Lebanon) were investigated based on ambient vibration method for risk and vulnerability assessment. Lebanon is facing high seismic hazard due to its major faults, combined to a high seismic risk caused by dense urbanization in addition to the lack of a seismic design code implementation. For this study, ambient vibration recordings have been performed on 330 RC buildings, period parameters extracted and statistically analyzed to identify correlations with physical building parameters (height, horizontal dimensions, age) and site characteristics (rock sites or soft sites). The study shows that (1) the building height or number of floors (N) is the primary statistically robust parameter for the estimation of the fundamental period T; (2) the correlation between T and N is linear and site dependent: T ≈ N/23 for rock sites and N/18 for soft sites; (3) the measured damping is inversely proportional to the period: the taller the building the lower is the damping; (4) a significant overestimation of the period exists in current building codes. However part of the large discrepancy with building code recommendations may be due to the very low level of loading.     

Seismic evaluation of existing nuclear facility using ambient vibration test to characterize dynamic behavior of the structure and microtremor measurements to characterize the soil: a case study

The methods used for a building seismic hazard evaluation are presented with the associated results. The goals of the study are (1) to check the soil nature and the existence or not of a possible site effect around the installation and (2) to characterize the dynamic behavior of the building using ambient vibration records.

The results of the soil study with the Nakamura method are very difficult to interpret because they are not stable in space and time. The spectral ratios method has been used with regional earthquake records. The results of the application of this method allowed us to conclude that the installation was free of site effect.

The ambient vibration measurements on the building brought the conclusion to determine the first and second modes of the structure. These results have been used to calibrate numerical model. The modal shapes in plan (high roof) and in elevation (main column) have been evaluated. The damping of the building has been computed using ambient vibration records.     

Building frequency fluctuations from continuous monitoring of ambient vibrations and their relationship to temperature variations

Building frequencies (fundamental and higher modes) are a critical parameter especially in the field of structural health monitoring mainly based on the stability of the structural dynamic parameters of individual building (frequencies, damping and modes shape). One of the most used methods to find out these parameters is based on the use on ambient vibration analysis. In this work, we study the fluctuations over a month period of the fundamental frequencies (transverse and longitudinal) of a 3.5-story RC-building made of 2 identical units connected by a structural joint. Time independent building frequencies is a strong assumption; as illustrated by our experiment showing that over an observation period of a month, building frequencies fluctuate of about 3.5 %. A clear correlation is found between the building frequency fluctuations and temperature variations, with a phase-shift interpreted as the characteristic time of heat diffusion within the walls. This allows: (1) determining the thermal diffusivity of the structure, (2) inferring its relative stiffness variations, and (3) showing that its Young modulus varies linearly with temperature.     

Earthquake performance assessment and rehabilitation of two historical unreinforced masonry buildings

The paper describes the earthquake performance assessment of two historical buildings located in Istanbul exposed to a M_w = 7+ earthquake expected to hit the city and proposes solutions for their structural rehabilitation and/or strengthening. Both buildings are unreinforced clay brick masonry (URM) structures built in 1869 and 1885, respectively. The first building is a rectangular-shaped structure rising on four floors. The second one is L-shaped with one basement and three normal floors above ground. They survived the 1894, M_s = 7.0 Istanbul Earthquake, during which widespread damage to URM buildings took place in the city. Earthquake ground motion to be used in performance assessment and retrofit design is determined through probabilistic and deterministic seismic hazard assessment. Strength characteristics of the brick walls are assessed on the basis of Schmidt hammer test results and information reported in the literature. Dynamic properties of the buildings (fundamental vibration periods) are measured via ambient vibration tests. The buildings are modelled and analyzed as three-dimensional assembly of finite elements. Following the preliminary assessment based on the equivalent earthquake loads method, the dynamic analysis procedure of FEMA 356 (Pre-standard and commentary for the seismic rehabilitation of buildings, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, 2000) and ASCE/SEI 41-06 (Seismic rehabilitation of existing buildings, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, 2007) is followed to obtain dynamic structural response of the buildings and to evaluate their earthquake performance. In order to improve earthquake resistance of the buildings, reinforced cement jacketing of the main load carrying walls and application of fiber reinforced polymer bands to the secondary walls are proposed.     

Seismic analysis of a building block

This paper reports on the study of the seismic response of an urban building block located in Faial, a town of the Horta Island of the Azores, Portugal. The work fits within the framework of studying strengthening schemes suitable for the reconstruction process of a town damaged by an earthquake action and includes numerical modelling of all the building blocks with calibration of material and structural parameters based on ambient vibration tests. The study aims at understanding a number of issues that are likely to influence the global behaviour of the block and the local response of individual buildings, namely the group effect of adjacent constructions, the in-plane stiffness of floors and/or roofs and the presence of possible localized strengthening interventions in selected parts of the block.